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DeKalb, IL Urban Area

65,140 Population
25.6 square miles 2,541.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

29.2 ±0.7 Median age
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 38.7 ±0.1

Economics

$32,041 ±$1,178 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $43,289 ±$119
$58,750 ±$3,519 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $78,538 ±$176

19.7% ±2.7% (12,034  ±1,641) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.4% 40,390,044 (±0.1% / ±272,803)

24.3 minutes ±1.6 (741,980  ±56,461) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

26,032 ±490 Number of households
  • United States: 127,482,864 ±208,633
2.4 ±0.1 (61,143  ±643) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 324,275,230

3.8% ±1.3% (713  ±248) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,128 (±0% / ±22,535)

Housing

27,699 ±412 Number of housing units
  • United States: 142,332,880 ±9,434

$220,200 ±$6,786 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $303,400 ±$362

22.2% ±2.3% (14,340  ±1,479.8) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.7% 41,707,981 (±0% / ±144,000.6)

Social

92.4% ±3.4% (34,016  ±1,406.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.4% 204,204,445 (±0.1% / ±279,113.6)
38.7% ±2.3% (14,257  ±895.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 35% 79,954,302 (±0.1% / ±180,792.5)

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

7.6% ±0.9% (4,951  ±614) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,108,900

4.5% ±0.7% (2,297  ±374) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,569,149 (±0% / ±47,618)
2,297 Total veterans ±374 1,934 Male ±320 363 Female ±169

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