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DeKalb County, IL

101,335 Population
631.3 square miles 160.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.9 ±0.8 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Illinois: 39.4 ±0.1
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$38,625 ±$2,301 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Illinois: $46,937 ±$406
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$77,865 ±$5,074 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Illinois: $83,211 ±$898
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

11.8% ±3.2% (11,276  ±3,094) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in Illinois: 11.6% 1,438,470 (±0.3% / ±31,443)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

26.7 minutes ±1.2 (1,228,360  ±63,949) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • a little less than the figure in Illinois: 27.8 143,793,920 (±0.1 / ±595,293)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

40,302 ±888 Number of households
  • Illinois: 5,105,448 ±12,305
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.4 ±0.1 (95,990  ±122) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Illinois: 2.4 12,417,746
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

3.9% ±2.3% (1,050  ±620) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Illinois: 4.6% 138,998 (±0.2% / ±6,570)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

42,092 ±59 Number of housing units
  • Illinois: 5,482,133 ±1,080
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$260,300 ±$12,558 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Illinois: $280,700 ±$1,768
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

14.1% ±3.1% (14,166  ±3,143.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Illinois: 10.2% 1,289,197 (±0.3% / ±31,884.1)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

92.2% ±5.5% (57,010  ±3,510.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Illinois: 90.7% 8,028,089 (±0.5% / ±45,818.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
33.8% ±3.4% (20,885  ±2,154.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Illinois: 39.2% 3,471,705 (±0.3% / ±28,867)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

4.8% (4,866  ±1,431) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in Illinois: 15.4% 1,957,482
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

5% ±1.1% (3,993  ±902) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 4.5% 452,391 (±0.1% / ±11,018)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
3,993 Total veterans ±902 3,620 Male ±864 373 Female ±268

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