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DeKalb Community Unit School District 428, IL

49,334 Population
108.9 square miles 453.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

26.8 ±0.6 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in DeKalb County: 32.6 ±0.3
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Illinois: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$28,884 ±$1,619 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in DeKalb County: $35,054 ±$1,012
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Illinois: $45,104 ±$196
$50,938 ±$5,212 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in DeKalb County: $69,022 ±$2,476
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Illinois: $81,702 ±$363

23.8% ±3.2% (10,781  ±1,468) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in DeKalb County: 15.9% † 15,291 (±1.9% / ±1,859)
  • about double the rate in Illinois: 11.7% 1,454,217 (±0.2% / ±18,530)

23.7 minutes ±2 (551,880  ±54,144) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in DeKalb County: 26.7 1,251,890 (±1.1 / ±61,209)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Illinois: 28.1 148,440,910 (±0.1 / ±701,124)

Families

19,373 ±565 Number of households
  • DeKalb County: 39,314 ±414
  • Illinois: 5,001,904 ±7,673
2.3 ±0.1 (45,304  ±525) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in DeKalb County: 2.4 96,087 (±0 / ±108)
  • a little less than the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,414,044

3.8% ±1.4% (558  ±210) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in DeKalb County: 4.3% † 1,135 (±1% / ±260)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Illinois: 5% 150,099 (±0.1% / ±3,035)

Housing

20,634 ±494 Number of housing units
  • DeKalb County: 41,499 ±79
  • Illinois: 5,443,501 ±767

$202,300 ±$7,659 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in DeKalb County: $231,900 ±$4,843
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Illinois: $250,500 ±$863

24% ±2.8% (11,706  ±1,374.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in DeKalb County: 17.6% 17,543 (±1.6% / ±1,620.9)
  • more than double the rate in Illinois: 11.5% 1,442,284 (±0.1% / ±14,975.1)

Social

90.5% ±3.8% (23,748  ±1,192.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in DeKalb County: 92.4% 55,705 (±2.6% / ±1,614.4)
  • about the same as the rate in Illinois: 90.3% 7,887,284 (±0.3% / ±22,684.6)
34.8% ±2.7% (9,142  ±741.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in DeKalb County: 32.7% 19,705 (±1.6% / ±955.7)
  • a little less than 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

8.7% ±1.1% (4,306  ±554) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in DeKalb County: 6.4% 6,440
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Illinois: 14.5% 1,833,810

4% ±1% (1,560  ±384) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in DeKalb County: 5.1% † 4,024 (±0.6% / ±451)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Illinois: 5% 493,667 (±0.1% / ±4,919)
1,560 Total veterans ±384 1,287 Male ±303 273 Female ±152

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