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Census Tract 16, DeKalb, IL

4,521 Population
28.6 square miles 157.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.1 ±4.6 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Cortland: 31.5 † ±3.4
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in DeKalb County: 32.7 ±0.4

Economics

$40,055 ±$3,857 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Cortland: $32,888 ±$3,253
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in DeKalb County: $36,298 ±$1,053
$100,147 ±$16,579 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Cortland: $73,971 † ±$18,270
  • about 1.4 times the amount in DeKalb County: $70,724 ±$2,546

2.9% ±1.6% (129  ±72) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Cortland: 7% † 319 (±4.9% / ±226)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in DeKalb County: 14.8% † 14,186 (±1.7% / ±1,635)

28.5 minutes ±3.5 (59,500  ±11,267) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Cortland: 25.5 † 50,610 (±3.4 / ±9,490)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in DeKalb County: 26.7 1,228,360 (±1.2 / ±63,949)

Families

1,546 ±172 Number of households
  • Cortland: 1,558 ±134
  • DeKalb County: 39,550 ±403
2.9 ±0.4 (4,521  ±456) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Cortland: 2.9 † 4,564 (±0.3 / ±325)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in DeKalb County: 2.4 95,884 (±0 / ±126)

12.9% ±7.6% (120  ±75) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Cortland: 11.3% † 115 (±7.1% / ±76)
  • more than double the rate in DeKalb County: 4.4% † 1,168 (±0.9% / ±246)

Housing

1,628 ±184 Number of housing units
  • Cortland: 1,558 ±134
  • DeKalb County: 41,678 ±77

$251,500 ±$19,917 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Cortland: $233,200 ±$21,922
  • a little higher than the amount in DeKalb County: $243,600 ±$5,310

9.4% ±4.1% (417  ±186.7) Moved since previous year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Cortland: 23.9% † 1,075 (±10.9% / ±496.1)
  • about half the rate in DeKalb County: 17.2% 17,090 (±1.5% / ±1,475.7)

Social

93.2% ±3.8% (2,741  ±322) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Cortland: 93.7% † 2,676 (±9.9% / ±365.1)
  • about the same as the rate in DeKalb County: 92.2% 55,925 (±2.7% / ±1,655.3)
32.5% ±5.2% (956  ±186.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Cortland: 26.7% † 763 (±6% / ±183.8)
  • about the same as the rate in DeKalb County: 33% 19,980 (±1.6% / ±985.4)

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

4.3% ±2% (192  ±93) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in Cortland: 4.3% † 194 (±2.3% / ±106)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in DeKalb County: 6.4% 6,483

3.4% ±1.6% (118  ±57) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Cortland: 3.3% † 107 (±1.9% / ±61)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in DeKalb County: 5.2% † 4,092 (±0.6% / ±459)
118 Total veterans ±57 114 Male ±57 4 Female ±6

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