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DeKalb township, DeKalb County, IL

42,778 Population
35.1 square miles 1,219.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

26.5 ±0.8 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in DeKalb County: 32.7 ±0.4
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Illinois: 39 ±0.1
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$27,910 ±$1,943 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in DeKalb County: $36,298 ±$1,053
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Illinois: $46,406 ±$212
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$47,082 ±$3,916 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in DeKalb County: $70,724 ±$2,546
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Illinois: $83,390 ±$362
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

25.1% ±3.9% (9,605  ±1,492) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in DeKalb County: 14.8% † 14,186 (±1.7% / ±1,635)
  • more than double the rate in Illinois: 11.8% 1,464,937 (±0.2% / ±18,161)
  • about double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

23.5 minutes ±2.5 (468,615  ±55,534) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in DeKalb County: 26.7 1,228,360 (±1.2 / ±63,949)
  • about 80 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

17,409 ±515 Number of households
  • DeKalb County: 39,550 ±403
  • Illinois: 5,036,449 ±8,009
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.1 (38,351  ±143) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in DeKalb County: 2.4 95,884 (±0 / ±126)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,405,980
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

3.2% ±1.3% (427  ±176) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in DeKalb County: 4.4% † 1,168 (±0.9% / ±246)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Illinois: 4.9% 147,208 (±0.1% / ±3,564)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

18,655 ±464 Number of housing units
  • DeKalb County: 41,678 ±77
  • Illinois: 5,457,452 ±471
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$204,100 ±$9,886 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in DeKalb County: $243,600 ±$5,310
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Illinois: $263,300 ±$797
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

26% ±3% (11,023  ±1,274.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in DeKalb County: 17.2% 17,090 (±1.5% / ±1,475.7)
  • more than double the rate in Illinois: 11.1% 1,396,426 (±0.1% / ±14,640.6)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

88.7% ±4.1% (19,922  ±1,138.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in DeKalb County: 92.2% 55,925 (±2.7% / ±1,655.3)
  • 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)
34.1% ±3.1% (7,652  ±744.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in DeKalb County: 33% 19,980 (±1.6% / ±985.4)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Illinois: 37.9% 3,318,149 (±0.2% / ±14,295.2)
  • a little less than 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

10.1% ±1.5% (4,306  ±641) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in DeKalb County: 6.4% 6,483
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Illinois: 14.8% 1,872,449
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

4% ±1% (1,387  ±333) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in DeKalb County: 5.2% † 4,092 (±0.6% / ±459)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Illinois: 4.8% 478,196 (±0.1% / ±4,766)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,387 Total veterans ±333 1,163 Male ±283 224 Female ±160

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