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Cass County, IL

12,784 Population
375.8 square miles 34 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.3 ±0.9 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Illinois: 39 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$32,954 ±$2,227 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Illinois: $46,406 ±$212
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$68,125 ±$4,852 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Illinois: $83,390 ±$362
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

11.1% ±2.3% (1,406  ±286) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in Illinois: 11.8% 1,464,937 (±0.2% / ±18,161)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

21 minutes ±1.7 (109,005  ±10,620) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Illinois: 27.8 143,793,920 (±0.1 / ±595,293)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

5,128 ±148 Number of households
  • Illinois: 5,036,449 ±8,009
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.1 (12,637  ±5) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,405,980
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

7% ±3.7% (192  ±103) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Illinois: 4.9% 147,208 (±0.1% / ±3,564)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

5,676 ±27 Number of housing units
  • Illinois: 5,457,452 ±471
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$97,100 ±$4,542 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Illinois: $263,300 ±$797
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

12% ±3.1% (1,525  ±386.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 11.1% 1,396,426 (±0.1% / ±14,640.6)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

86.4% ±5.1% (7,478  ±447.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Illinois: 90.5% 7,931,250 (±0.3% / ±22,974.6)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
20.8% ±2.5% (1,797  ±218.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Illinois: 37.9% 3,318,149 (±0.2% / ±14,295.2)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

14.2% (1,813  ±208) Foreign-born population
  • a little less than the rate in Illinois: 14.8% 1,872,449
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5.9% ±1.1% (565  ±109) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 4.8% 478,196 (±0.1% / ±4,766)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
565 Total veterans ±109 549 Male ±104 16 Female ±18

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