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Decatur, IL Urban Area

80,124 Population
55.1 square miles 1,453.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.6 ±2.2 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$33,649 ±$3,200 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$55,510 ±$8,008 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

21.2% ±4.4% (16,509  ±3,501) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

18.3 minutes ±0.7 (588,050  ±29,241) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

36,067 ±1,527 Number of households
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.2 ±0.1 (77,755  ±3,053) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

5.3% ±2.8% (1,027  ±541) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

40,908 ±1,183 Number of housing units
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$131,200 ±$9,189 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

9.8% ±2.8% (7,694  ±2,241.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

94.1% ±4.3% (52,335  ±3,348.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
24.6% ±2.8% (13,677  ±1,680.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

2.4% ±0.7% (1,904  ±595) Foreign-born population
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

6% ±1.4% (3,745  ±911) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
3,745 Total veterans ±911 3,269 Male ±907 476 Female ±254

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