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Ball-Chatham Community Unit School District 5, IL

29,957 Population
90.1 square miles 332.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.4 ±1.5 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Sangamon County: 40.8 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in Illinois: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$53,508 ±$3,993 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Sangamon County: $42,851 ±$835
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Illinois: $45,104 ±$196
$106,618 ±$8,385 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Sangamon County: $74,114 ±$1,576
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Illinois: $81,702 ±$363

5.3% ±1.7% (1,506  ±490) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Sangamon County: 12.9% 24,702 (±0.9% / ±1,645)
  • about half the rate in Illinois: 11.7% 1,454,217 (±0.2% / ±18,530)

22.1 minutes ±1.8 (264,860  ±29,605) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Sangamon County: 19.5 1,556,560 (±0.5 / ±47,733)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Illinois: 28.1 148,440,910 (±0.1 / ±701,124)

Families

11,696 ±583 Number of households
  • Sangamon County: 84,290 ±807
  • Illinois: 5,001,904 ±7,673
2.5 ±0.2 (28,597  ±1,155) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Sangamon County: 2.3 191,388 (±0 / ±157)
  • about the same as the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,414,044

5.2% ±2.9% (370  ±208) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Sangamon County: 5.7% † 2,523 (±1% / ±457)
  • a little higher than the rate in Illinois: 5% 150,099 (±0.1% / ±3,035)

Housing

12,244 ±513 Number of housing units
  • Sangamon County: 93,151 ±284
  • Illinois: 5,443,501 ±767

$250,200 ±$11,623 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Sangamon County: $170,300 ±$3,293
  • about the same as the amount in Illinois: $250,500 ±$863

10.2% ±1.9% (3,012  ±564.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Sangamon County: 11.6% 22,291 (±0.9% / ±1,751)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Illinois: 11.5% 1,442,284 (±0.1% / ±14,975.1)

Social

97.6% ±2% (18,810  ±1,026.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Sangamon County: 93.7% 128,158 (±1.7% / ±2,357.7)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 90.3% 7,887,284 (±0.3% / ±22,684.6)
50% ±3% (9,632  ±752.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Sangamon County: 35.1% 48,031 (±1% / ±1,395.9)
  • about 1.3 times 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

5% ±1.3% (1,483  ±400) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Sangamon County: 3.3% 6,454
  • about one-third of the rate in Illinois: 14.5% 1,833,810

6.4% ±1.1% (1,449  ±253) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Sangamon County: 7% 10,603 (±0.4% / ±613)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Illinois: 5% 493,667 (±0.1% / ±4,919)
1,449 Total veterans ±253 1,326 Male ±237 123 Female ±68

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