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Census Tract 15, DeKalb, IL

4,042 Population
14.8 square miles 272.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.6 ±3.9 Median age
  • about 1.4 times the figure in DeKalb: 26.1 ±1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in DeKalb County: 32.7 ±0.4

Economics

$30,317 ±$4,039 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in DeKalb: $27,086 ±$1,838
  • about 80 percent of the amount in DeKalb County: $36,298 ±$1,053
$57,122 ±$9,322 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in DeKalb: $46,481 ±$3,596
  • about 80 percent of the amount in DeKalb County: $70,724 ±$2,546

9.2% ±5.3% (372  ±216) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in DeKalb: 24.9% † 8,944 (±4% / ±1,441)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in DeKalb County: 14.8% † 14,186 (±1.7% / ±1,635)

16.3 minutes ±2.3 (32,950  ±6,291) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in DeKalb: 23.8 † 445,230 (±2.7 / ±54,508)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in DeKalb County: 26.7 1,228,360 (±1.2 / ±63,949)

Families

1,572 ±194 Number of households
  • DeKalb: 16,388 ±497
  • DeKalb County: 39,550 ±403
2.6 ±0.4 (4,042  ±446) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in DeKalb: 2.2 36,027 (±0.1 / ±251)
  • a little higher than the figure in DeKalb County: 2.4 95,884 (±0 / ±126)

4.6% ±4.2% (44  ±42) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in DeKalb: 3% † 391 (±1.2% / ±159)
  • a little higher than the rate in DeKalb County: 4.4% † 1,168 (±0.9% / ±246)

Housing

1,639 ±190 Number of housing units
  • DeKalb: 17,395 ±433
  • DeKalb County: 41,678 ±77

$129,700 ±$15,277 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in DeKalb: $204,700 ±$9,840
  • about half the amount in DeKalb County: $243,600 ±$5,310

10.9% ±5.6% (433  ±227.2) Moved since previous year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in DeKalb: 25.8% † 10,337 (±2.9% / ±1,180.6)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in DeKalb County: 17.2% 17,090 (±1.5% / ±1,475.7)

Social

80.5% ±6.9% (2,127  ±294.7) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in DeKalb: 88.1% 18,322 (±4.3% / ±1,107.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in DeKalb County: 92.2% 55,925 (±2.7% / ±1,655.3)
16.9% ±4.3% (447  ±124.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in DeKalb: 33.7% 7,016 (±3.3% / ±718.8)
  • about half the rate in DeKalb County: 33% 19,980 (±1.6% / ±985.4)

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

17.8% ±5.1% (718  ±222) Foreign-born population
  • about double the rate in DeKalb: 9.1% † 3,692 (±1.6% / ±637)
  • more than double the rate in DeKalb County: 6.4% 6,483

4% ±2% (127  ±66) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in DeKalb: 4.2% † 1,369 (±1% / ±337)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in DeKalb County: 5.2% † 4,092 (±0.6% / ±459)
127 Total veterans ±66 115 Male ±61 12 Female ±20

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