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Bushnell-Prairie City Community Unit School District 170, IL

3,838 Population
133 square miles 28.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.3 ±2.6 Median age
  • about 1.3 times the figure in McDonough County: 35.1 ±0.4
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Illinois: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$29,335 ±$3,111 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in McDonough County: $30,785 ±$1,618
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Illinois: $45,104 ±$196
$57,396 ±$14,954 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in McDonough County: $50,434 ±$3,371
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Illinois: $81,702 ±$363

12.2% ±4.1% (463  ±159) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in McDonough County: 19.9% † 4,885 (±2.1% / ±510)
  • a little higher than the rate in Illinois: 11.7% 1,454,217 (±0.2% / ±18,530)

31.2 minutes ±5.1 (54,835  ±11,707) Mean travel time to work
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in McDonough County: 19.2 226,620 (±1.3 / ±19,224)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Illinois: 28.1 148,440,910 (±0.1 / ±701,124)

Families

1,608 ±157 Number of households
  • McDonough County: 11,760 ±335
  • Illinois: 5,001,904 ±7,673
2.3 ±0.3 (3,757  ±249) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in McDonough County: 2.1 24,466 (±0.1 / ±36)
  • a little less than the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,414,044

10.3% ±8% (92  ±73) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in McDonough County: 3.4% † 230 (±1.3% / ±88)
  • about double the rate in Illinois: 5% 150,099 (±0.1% / ±3,035)

Housing

1,974 ±176 Number of housing units
  • McDonough County: 13,598 ±30
  • Illinois: 5,443,501 ±767

$79,700 ±$10,496 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in McDonough County: $103,500 ±$6,941
  • about one-third of the amount in Illinois: $250,500 ±$863

16.2% ±6% (610  ±230.2) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in McDonough County: 24.1% † 6,486 (±2.8% / ±757)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Illinois: 11.5% 1,442,284 (±0.1% / ±14,975.1)

Social

90.7% ±6.8% (2,417  ±264.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in McDonough County: 94.3% 15,763 (±4.1% / ±696.8)
  • about the same as the rate in Illinois: 90.3% 7,887,284 (±0.3% / ±22,684.6)
13.3% ±4.1% (354  ±111.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of the rate in McDonough County: 31.8% 5,318 (±2.6% / ±430.9)
  • about one-third of 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

1.4% ±1.2% (53  ±47) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in McDonough County: 3% 807
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Illinois: 14.5% 1,833,810

8.3% ±2.6% (249  ±81) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in McDonough County: 5.8% † 1,298 (±0.7% / ±159)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Illinois: 5% 493,667 (±0.1% / ±4,919)
249 Total veterans ±81 244 Male ±80 5 Female ±7

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