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Springfield, IL Urban Area

157,178 Population
81.7 square miles 1,923.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.7 ±1 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$47,547 ±$2,497 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$74,537 ±$3,616 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

10.2% ±2% (15,591  ±3,047) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

18.5 minutes ±0.5 (1,158,355  ±46,852) 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

70,929 ±2,040 Number of households
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.2 ±0.1 (153,378  ±3,210) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

5.6% ±2% (2,031  ±727) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

77,980 ±1,390 Number of housing units
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$196,600 ±$10,613 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

9.2% ±1.9% (14,172  ±2,956) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

95% ±3.9% (105,295  ±4,799.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
43.8% ±2.7% (48,550  ±3,167.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent 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

4.4% ±0.7% (6,898  ±1,132) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

6.2% ±1.1% (7,623  ±1,343) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
7,623 Total veterans ±1,343 7,121 Male ±1,267 502 Female ±343

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