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DeKalb, IL Urban Area

66,570 Population
25.6 square miles 2,597.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

30.4 ±0.9 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$36,447 ±$2,722 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$69,120 ±$7,998 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

13.7% ±4.2% (8,402  ±2,583) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

24.5 minutes ±1.8 (742,885  ±59,986) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

27,117 ±1,242 Number of households
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.3 ±0.1 (61,696  ±3,269) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

2.8% ±2.3% (544  ±447) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

28,345 ±1,192 Number of housing units
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$253,400 ±$15,965 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

17.9% ±4.5% (11,875  ±3,045.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

92.3% ±6.2% (36,524  ±3,100.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
38.3% ±4.5% (15,176  ±1,946.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than 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

5.8% ±2% (3,839  ±1,331) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

3.7% ±1.5% (1,968  ±774) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
1,968 Total veterans ±774 1,712 Male ±731 256 Female ±239

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