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Sycamore, IL

18,243 Population
10.1 square miles 1,802.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.6 ±1.7 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 38.4 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in Illinois: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$40,963 ±$2,214 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: $48,107 ±$228
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Illinois: $45,104 ±$196
$80,837 ±$11,989 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: $88,850 ±$436
  • about the same as the amount in Illinois: $81,702 ±$363

9.5% ±3% (1,724  ±552) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 11.1% 1,021,163 (±0.2% / ±15,430)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Illinois: 11.7% 1,454,217 (±0.2% / ±18,530)

26.4 minutes ±1.8 (227,840  ±22,458) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 30.7 119,705,344 (±0.1 / ±621,476)
  • a little less than the figure in Illinois: 28.1 148,440,910 (±0.1 / ±701,124)

Families

7,499 ±415 Number of households
  • the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 3,615,628 ±5,264
  • Illinois: 5,001,904 ±7,673
2.4 ±0.1 (18,094  ±278) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 2.6 9,211,705
  • a little less than the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,414,044

4.7% ±2.4% (223  ±114) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 4.9% 110,497 (±0.1% / ±2,994)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Illinois: 5% 150,099 (±0.1% / ±3,035)

Housing

7,868 ±397 Number of housing units
  • the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 3,886,535 ±487
  • Illinois: 5,443,501 ±767

$254,200 ±$13,658 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: $301,900 ±$1,331
  • about the same as the amount in Illinois: $250,500 ±$863

14.2% ±3.4% (2,572  ±612.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 11.3% 1,041,799 (±0.2% / ±14,237.1)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 11.5% 1,442,284 (±0.1% / ±14,975.1)

Social

95.9% ±4.9% (11,662  ±819.8) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 89.7% 5,783,224 (±0.3% / ±19,540.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in Illinois: 90.3% 7,887,284 (±0.3% / ±22,684.6)
43.6% ±4.2% (5,303  ±569) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 40.9% 2,636,743 (±0.2% / ±12,175.1)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 37.2% 3,249,494 (±0.2% / ±13,788.4)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

5.4% ±2.1% (985  ±388) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 18.3% 1,710,628
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Illinois: 14.5% 1,833,810

6.2% ±1.5% (868  ±219) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 4% 292,113 (±0.1% / ±4,373)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 5% 493,667 (±0.1% / ±4,919)
868 Total veterans ±219 774 Male ±189 94 Female ±79

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