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Census Tract 5, DeKalb, IL

3,884 Population
8 square miles 482.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.5 ±3.2 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Sycamore: 36.1 ±2.1
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in DeKalb County: 32.7 ±0.4

Economics

$41,029 ±$6,960 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Sycamore: $43,190 ±$2,677
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in DeKalb County: $36,298 ±$1,053
$67,250 ±$25,833 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Sycamore: $84,120 ±$8,081
  • a little less than the amount in DeKalb County: $70,724 ±$2,546

11% ±6.8% (417  ±262) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Sycamore: 8.1% † 1,503 (±3% / ±547)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in DeKalb County: 14.8% † 14,186 (±1.7% / ±1,635)

27.7 minutes ±7.9 (55,920  ±18,230) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Sycamore: 26.3 230,095 (±1.7 / ±21,433)
  • a little higher than the figure in DeKalb County: 26.7 1,228,360 (±1.2 / ±63,949)

Families

1,590 ±204 Number of households
  • Sycamore: 7,401 ±355
  • DeKalb County: 39,550 ±403
2.4 ±0.4 (3,791  ±464) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Sycamore: 2.5 18,435 (±0.1 / ±361)
  • about the same as the figure in DeKalb County: 2.4 95,884 (±0 / ±126)

2.3% ±2.3% (21  ±21) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in Sycamore: 5% † 242 (±1.7% / ±83)
  • about half the rate in DeKalb County: 4.4% † 1,168 (±0.9% / ±246)

Housing

1,778 ±212 Number of housing units
  • Sycamore: 7,723 ±343
  • DeKalb County: 41,678 ±77

$211,300 ±$24,404 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Sycamore: $265,700 ±$16,166
  • about 90 percent of the amount in DeKalb County: $243,600 ±$5,310

7.6% ±3.1% (295  ±126.7) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Sycamore: 12.1% † 2,215 (±2.9% / ±540.9)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in DeKalb County: 17.2% 17,090 (±1.5% / ±1,475.7)

Social

92.5% ±6.3% (2,584  ±355) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Sycamore: 96.6% 11,848 (±4.4% / ±771)
  • about the same as the rate in DeKalb County: 92.2% 55,925 (±2.7% / ±1,655.3)
30.1% ±6.5% (840  ±207.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Sycamore: 46% 5,642 (±3.9% / ±540.1)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in DeKalb County: 33% 19,980 (±1.6% / ±985.4)

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

13% ±5.5% (503  ±221) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Sycamore: 6.1% † 1,131 (±2.5% / ±457)
  • about double the rate in DeKalb County: 6.4% 6,483

9.9% ±4.2% (316  ±138) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Sycamore: 5.7% † 807 (±1.3% / ±183)
  • nearly double the rate in DeKalb County: 5.2% † 4,092 (±0.6% / ±459)
316 Total veterans ±138 250 Male ±123 66 Female ±80

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