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Peru--LaSalle, IL Urban Area

29,833 Population
21.4 square miles 1,392.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.9 ±1 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$36,232 ±$1,628 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$65,070 ±$4,711 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

11.8% ±2% (3,454  ±572) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

19.7 minutes ±1.5 (280,415  ±24,326) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

13,113 ±368 Number of households
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.1 (29,267  ±368) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

6.8% ±2.5% (432  ±159) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

14,427 ±327 Number of housing units
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$139,000 ±$8,406 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

9% ±1.9% (2,661  ±561.1) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

92% ±3.7% (19,292  ±896.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
20% ±1.9% (4,196  ±405.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

5% ±1.1% (1,480  ±327) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7% ±1.1% (1,645  ±267) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,645 Total veterans ±267 1,541 Male ±253 104 Female ±75

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