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Peru--LaSalle, IL Urban Area

29,882 Population
21.4 square miles 1,394.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42 ±1.4 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.7 ±0.1

Economics

$34,896 ±$2,038 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $43,289 ±$119
$62,206 ±$2,855 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $78,538 ±$176

12.6% ±2% (3,697  ±583) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.4% 40,390,044 (±0.1% / ±272,803)

19.7 minutes ±1.7 (278,015  ±25,820) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

13,047 ±352 Number of households
  • United States: 127,482,864 ±208,633
2.3 ±0.1 (29,321  ±297) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 324,275,230

6% ±2% (379  ±128) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,128 (±0% / ±22,535)

Housing

14,474 ±391 Number of housing units
  • United States: 142,332,880 ±9,434

$131,700 ±$7,705 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $303,400 ±$362

9.8% ±1.9% (2,892  ±574.1) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.7% 41,707,981 (±0% / ±144,000.6)

Social

90.3% ±3.5% (18,869  ±838.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.4% 204,204,445 (±0.1% / ±279,113.6)
18.1% ±1.8% (3,774  ±378.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half 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

5.2% ±1.3% (1,540  ±390) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,108,900

7.1% ±1.1% (1,660  ±257) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,569,149 (±0% / ±47,618)
1,660 Total veterans ±257 1,585 Male ±255 75 Female ±43

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