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Census Tract 6, DeKalb, IL

5,542 Population
2.3 square miles 2,419.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37 ±2.8 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Sycamore: 37.6 ±1.7
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in DeKalb County: 32.6 ±0.3

Economics

$39,726 ±$5,062 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Sycamore: $40,963 ±$2,214
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in DeKalb County: $35,054 ±$1,012
$72,188 ±$10,692 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Sycamore: $80,837 † ±$11,989
  • a little higher than the amount in DeKalb County: $69,022 ±$2,476

12% ±5.9% (657  ±331) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Sycamore: 9.5% † 1,724 (±3% / ±552)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in DeKalb County: 15.9% † 15,291 (±1.9% / ±1,859)

25.8 minutes ±4.8 (61,535  ±17,547) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Sycamore: 26.4 227,840 (±1.8 / ±22,458)
  • a little less than the figure in DeKalb County: 26.7 1,251,890 (±1.1 / ±61,209)

Families

2,366 ±322 Number of households
  • Sycamore: 7,499 ±415
  • DeKalb County: 39,314 ±414
2.3 ±0.4 (5,481  ±496) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Sycamore: 2.4 18,094 (±0.1 / ±278)
  • a little less than the figure in DeKalb County: 2.4 96,087 (±0 / ±108)

9.8% ±7.3% (112  ±86) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Sycamore: 4.7% † 223 (±2.4% / ±114)
  • more than double the rate in DeKalb County: 4.3% † 1,135 (±1% / ±260)

Housing

2,627 ±311 Number of housing units
  • Sycamore: 7,868 ±397
  • DeKalb County: 41,499 ±79

$251,100 ±$28,652 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Sycamore: $254,200 ±$13,658
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in DeKalb County: $231,900 ±$4,843

16.5% ±8% (901  ±446.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Sycamore: 14.2% † 2,572 (±3.4% / ±612.7)
  • a little less than the rate in DeKalb County: 17.6% 17,543 (±1.6% / ±1,620.9)

Social

93.4% ±9.4% (3,437  ±488.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Sycamore: 95.9% 11,662 (±4.9% / ±819.8)
  • about the same as the rate in DeKalb County: 92.4% 55,705 (±2.6% / ±1,614.4)
42.2% ±8.3% (1,551  ±344.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Sycamore: 43.6% 5,303 (±4.2% / ±569)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in DeKalb County: 32.7% 19,705 (±1.6% / ±955.7)

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

1.9% ±1.3% (104  ±71) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in Sycamore: 5.4% † 985 (±2.1% / ±388)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in DeKalb County: 6.4% 6,440

7.5% ±2.6% (315  ±114) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Sycamore: 6.2% † 868 (±1.5% / ±219)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in DeKalb County: 5.1% † 4,024 (±0.6% / ±451)
315 Total veterans ±114 287 Male ±103 28 Female ±41

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