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Decatur, IL Urban Area

84,629 Population
55.1 square miles 1,535.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.6 ±1 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$32,100 ±$2,072 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$52,116 ±$4,741 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

17.5% ±3% (14,356  ±2,482) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

17.8 minutes ±0.9 (578,630  ±34,542) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

36,762 ±1,358 Number of households
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.2 ±0.1 (81,562  ±2,638) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

14% ±4.7% (2,666  ±915) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

42,293 ±1,082 Number of housing units
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$104,700 ±$9,048 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

10.9% ±2.1% (9,079  ±1,802.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

92% ±4.9% (53,213  ±3,231) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±278,776.4)
21.7% ±2.8% (12,545  ±1,674.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±181,834.5)

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

3.8% ±1.5% (3,241  ±1,260) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

5.9% ±1.4% (3,891  ±897) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
3,891 Total veterans ±897 3,677 Male ±894 214 Female ±142

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