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White County, IL

13,619 Population
495 square miles 27.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.3 ±0.5 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Illinois: 39 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$30,898 ±$2,286 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Illinois: $46,406 ±$212
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$54,813 ±$4,036 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Illinois: $83,390 ±$362
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

16.4% ±2.8% (2,160  ±374) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Illinois: 11.8% 1,464,937 (±0.2% / ±18,161)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

24.4 minutes ±1.7 (129,230  ±11,402) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Illinois: 27.8 143,793,920 (±0.1 / ±595,293)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

5,672 ±225 Number of households
  • Illinois: 5,036,449 ±8,009
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.1 (13,276  ±37) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,405,980
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4.9% ±2.1% (130  ±56) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in Illinois: 4.9% 147,208 (±0.1% / ±3,564)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

6,730 ±34 Number of housing units
  • Illinois: 5,457,452 ±471
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$108,100 ±$9,236 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Illinois: $263,300 ±$797
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

11.1% ±3.6% (1,496  ±482.8) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Illinois: 11.1% 1,396,426 (±0.1% / ±14,640.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

88.9% ±5% (8,728  ±495.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Illinois: 90.5% 7,931,250 (±0.3% / ±22,974.6)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
18.3% ±2.5% (1,795  ±242) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Illinois: 37.9% 3,318,149 (±0.2% / ±14,295.2)
  • about half 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

0.6% (82  ±47) Foreign-born population
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Illinois: 14.8% 1,872,449
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

8.5% ±1.6% (910  ±168) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Illinois: 4.8% 478,196 (±0.1% / ±4,766)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
910 Total veterans ±168 836 Male ±155 74 Female ±46

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