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Census Tract 8, DeKalb, IL

6,318 Population
7 square miles 905 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.8 ±5.7 Median age
  • about 1.3 times the figure in DeKalb: 26.1 ±1
  • a little higher than the figure in DeKalb County: 32.7 ±0.4

Economics

$33,037 ±$4,967 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in DeKalb: $27,086 ±$1,838
  • about 90 percent of the amount in DeKalb County: $36,298 ±$1,053
$51,782 ±$11,276 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in DeKalb: $46,481 ±$3,596
  • about three-quarters of the amount in DeKalb County: $70,724 ±$2,546

10.5% ±5.3% (657  ±339) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in DeKalb: 24.9% † 8,944 (±4% / ±1,441)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in DeKalb County: 14.8% † 14,186 (±1.7% / ±1,635)

22 minutes ±2.2 (65,050  ±15,189) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in DeKalb: 23.8 † 445,230 (±2.7 / ±54,508)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in DeKalb County: 26.7 1,228,360 (±1.2 / ±63,949)

Families

2,861 ±341 Number of households
  • DeKalb: 16,388 ±497
  • DeKalb County: 39,550 ±403
2.2 ±0.4 (6,273  ±717) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in DeKalb: 2.2 36,027 (±0.1 / ±251)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in DeKalb County: 2.4 95,884 (±0 / ±126)

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

2,924 ±341 Number of housing units
  • DeKalb: 17,395 ±433
  • DeKalb County: 41,678 ±77

$190,700 ±$16,712 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in DeKalb: $204,700 ±$9,840
  • about 80 percent of the amount in DeKalb County: $243,600 ±$5,310

25% ±8.8% (1,578  ±581.6) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in DeKalb: 25.8% † 10,337 (±2.9% / ±1,180.6)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in DeKalb County: 17.2% 17,090 (±1.5% / ±1,475.7)

Social

92.4% ±6% (3,712  ±510) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in DeKalb: 88.1% 18,322 (±4.3% / ±1,107.2)
  • about the same as the rate in DeKalb County: 92.2% 55,925 (±2.7% / ±1,655.3)
34.3% ±7% (1,376  ±327.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in DeKalb: 33.7% 7,016 (±3.3% / ±718.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in DeKalb County: 33% 19,980 (±1.6% / ±985.4)

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

9.1% ±4.8% (577  ±310) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in DeKalb: 9.1% † 3,692 (±1.6% / ±637)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in DeKalb County: 6.4% 6,483

4.3% ±2.2% (210  ±108) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in DeKalb: 4.2% † 1,369 (±1% / ±337)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in DeKalb County: 5.2% † 4,092 (±0.6% / ±459)
210 Total veterans ±108 210 Male ±108 N/A Female ±18

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