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Watseka, IL

4,630 Population
2.9 square miles 1,572.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

46.4 ±4.7 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Iroquois County: 44.4 ±0.3
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Illinois: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$26,119 ±$2,295 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Iroquois County: $34,719 ±$1,415
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Illinois: $45,104 ±$196
$42,794 ±$3,529 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Iroquois County: $62,439 ±$3,418
  • about half the amount in Illinois: $81,702 ±$363

25.5% ±5.7% (1,122  ±261) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in Iroquois County: 13.4% 3,495 (±1.3% / ±337)
  • more than double the rate in Illinois: 11.7% 1,454,217 (±0.2% / ±18,530)

16.8 minutes ±2.1 (30,835  ±5,228) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Iroquois County: 24.1 269,710 (±1 / ±14,430)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Illinois: 28.1 148,440,910 (±0.1 / ±701,124)

Families

2,120 ±209 Number of households
  • Iroquois County: 11,333 ±210
  • Illinois: 5,001,904 ±7,673
2.1 ±0.2 (4,503  ±268) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Iroquois County: 2.3 26,331 (±0 / ±7)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,414,044

7.7% ±7.1% (66  ±62) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Iroquois County: 5.8% † 305 (±1.6% / ±83)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Illinois: 5% 150,099 (±0.1% / ±3,035)

Housing

2,384 ±194 Number of housing units
  • Iroquois County: 12,818 ±72
  • Illinois: 5,443,501 ±767

$104,400 ±$21,226 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Iroquois County: $125,400 ±$7,188
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Illinois: $250,500 ±$863

19.5% ±6.6% (899  ±306.6) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in Iroquois County: 8.6% † 2,284 (±1.3% / ±351.3)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Illinois: 11.5% 1,442,284 (±0.1% / ±14,975.1)

Social

85.8% ±6.7% (2,811  ±314.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Iroquois County: 89.1% 16,847 (±2.9% / ±551.4)
  • a little less than the rate in Illinois: 90.3% 7,887,284 (±0.3% / ±22,684.6)
11.3% ±3.1% (369  ±106.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Iroquois County: 16.7% 3,162 (±1.3% / ±246.6)
  • about one-third of 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

3.6% ±1.7% (165  ±78) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in Iroquois County: 3.5% 941
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Illinois: 14.5% 1,833,810

6.9% ±2.1% (255  ±80) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Iroquois County: 7% † 1,465 (±0.9% / ±184)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Illinois: 5% 493,667 (±0.1% / ±4,919)
255 Total veterans ±80 230 Male ±71 25 Female ±33

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