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62702

31,251 Population
15.4 square miles 2,034 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.5 ±2.2 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Springfield, IL Metro Area: 40.9 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in Illinois: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$31,050 ±$1,738 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Springfield, IL Metro Area: $42,795 ±$839
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Illinois: $45,104 ±$196
$52,748 ±$2,957 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Springfield, IL Metro Area: $74,580 ±$1,630
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Illinois: $81,702 ±$363

22.7% ±3.4% (6,958  ±1,109) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Springfield, IL Metro Area: 12.7% 25,876 (±0.9% / ±1,740)
  • nearly double the rate in Illinois: 11.7% 1,454,217 (±0.2% / ±18,530)

17.6 minutes ±0.7 (212,425  ±18,336) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Springfield, IL Metro Area: 19.9 1,691,685 (±0.5 / ±50,659)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Illinois: 28.1 148,440,910 (±0.1 / ±701,124)

Families

14,487 ±621 Number of households
  • the Springfield, IL Metro Area: 89,485 ±803
  • Illinois: 5,001,904 ±7,673
2.1 ±0.1 (30,836  ±1,497) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Springfield, IL Metro Area: 2.3 203,442 (±0 / ±158)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,414,044

6.9% ±3.6% (506  ±264) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Springfield, IL Metro Area: 5.7% † 2,660 (±1% / ±475)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Illinois: 5% 150,099 (±0.1% / ±3,035)

Housing

17,083 ±664 Number of housing units
  • the Springfield, IL Metro Area: 98,753 ±281
  • Illinois: 5,443,501 ±767

$102,300 ±$4,690 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Springfield, IL Metro Area: $171,100 ±$3,140
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Illinois: $250,500 ±$863

11.8% ±2.1% (3,617  ±659.4) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in the Springfield, IL Metro Area: 11.4% 23,282 (±0.9% / ±1,755.8)
  • about the same as the rate in Illinois: 11.5% 1,442,284 (±0.1% / ±14,975.1)

Social

89.9% ±2.8% (19,323  ±1,000.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Springfield, IL Metro Area: 93.7% 136,261 (±1.6% / ±2,379.1)
  • about the same as the rate in Illinois: 90.3% 7,887,284 (±0.3% / ±22,684.6)
20.2% ±1.7% (4,328  ±413.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Springfield, IL Metro Area: 34.6% 50,308 (±1% / ±1,410.5)
  • about half the rate in Illinois: 37.2% 3,249,494 (±0.2% / ±13,788.4)

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

2% ±0.6% (630  ±196) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Springfield, IL Metro Area: 3.2% 6,599
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Illinois: 14.5% 1,833,810

7.3% ±1.3% (1,768  ±310) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the Springfield, IL Metro Area: 7.2% 11,557 (±0.4% / ±654)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Illinois: 5% 493,667 (±0.1% / ±4,919)
1,768 Total veterans ±310 1,588 Male ±291 180 Female ±91

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