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Census Tract 6, DeKalb, IL

5,963 Population
2.3 square miles 2,602.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.5 ±3.9 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Sycamore: 36.1 ±2.1
  • about the same as the figure in DeKalb County: 32.7 ±0.4

Economics

$40,683 ±$4,970 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
$73,450 ±$11,642 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Sycamore: $84,120 ±$8,081
  • a little higher than the amount in DeKalb County: $70,724 ±$2,546

7.9% ±5.5% (471  ±326) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in Sycamore: 8.1% † 1,503 (±3% / ±547)
  • about half the rate in DeKalb County: 14.8% † 14,186 (±1.7% / ±1,635)

28.6 minutes ±5.2 (69,260  ±18,909) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Sycamore: 26.3 230,095 (±1.7 / ±21,433)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in DeKalb County: 26.7 1,228,360 (±1.2 / ±63,949)

Families

2,379 ±320 Number of households
  • Sycamore: 7,401 ±355
  • DeKalb County: 39,550 ±403
2.5 ±0.4 (5,920  ±521) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Sycamore: 2.5 18,435 (±0.1 / ±361)
  • a little higher than the figure in DeKalb County: 2.4 95,884 (±0 / ±126)

11% ±4.8% (147  ±70) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Sycamore: 5% † 242 (±1.7% / ±83)
  • more than double the rate in DeKalb County: 4.4% † 1,168 (±0.9% / ±246)

Housing

2,560 ±317 Number of housing units
  • Sycamore: 7,723 ±343
  • DeKalb County: 41,678 ±77

$280,100 ±$25,181 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Sycamore: $265,700 ±$16,166
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in DeKalb County: $243,600 ±$5,310

13.9% ±6.2% (816  ±371.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Sycamore: 12.1% † 2,215 (±2.9% / ±540.9)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in DeKalb County: 17.2% 17,090 (±1.5% / ±1,475.7)

Social

95.9% ±9% (3,556  ±477.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Sycamore: 96.6% 11,848 (±4.4% / ±771)
  • a little higher than the rate in DeKalb County: 92.2% 55,925 (±2.7% / ±1,655.3)
47.2% ±8.2% (1,749  ±348.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Sycamore: 46% 5,642 (±3.9% / ±540.1)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in DeKalb County: 33% 19,980 (±1.6% / ±985.4)

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

0.8% ±0.8% (50  ±47) Foreign-born population
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Sycamore: 6.1% † 1,131 (±2.5% / ±457)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in DeKalb County: 6.4% 6,483

5% ±2.2% (213  ±95) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Sycamore: 5.7% † 807 (±1.3% / ±183)
  • a little less than the rate in DeKalb County: 5.2% † 4,092 (±0.6% / ±459)
213 Total veterans ±95 187 Male ±85 26 Female ±40

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