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Census Tract 21, DeKalb, IL

2,404 Population
2.8 square miles 860.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.5 ±4.7 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Sandwich: 39.3 ±1.5
  • about 1.3 times the figure in DeKalb County: 32.7 ±0.4

Economics

$33,233 ±$3,597 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Sandwich: $35,312 ±$2,642
  • about 90 percent of the amount in DeKalb County: $36,298 ±$1,053
$69,441 ±$2,683 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Sandwich: $80,768 ±$4,233
  • about the same as the amount in DeKalb County: $70,724 ±$2,546

12.5% ±7.4% (300  ±181) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Sandwich: 10.3% † 725 (±4.4% / ±309)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in DeKalb County: 14.8% † 14,186 (±1.7% / ±1,635)

29.8 minutes ±9.6 (27,450  ±6,042) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Sandwich: 27.1 81,630 (±2.2 / ±10,340)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in DeKalb County: 26.7 1,228,360 (±1.2 / ±63,949)

Families

1,015 ±107 Number of households
  • Sandwich: 2,743 ±175
  • DeKalb County: 39,550 ±403
2.3 ±0.4 (2,374  ±246) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Sandwich: 2.6 7,027 (±0.2 / ±215)
  • a little less than the figure in DeKalb County: 2.4 95,884 (±0 / ±126)

1.9% ±3.1% (9  ±15) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in Sandwich: 4.2% † 67 (±2.6% / ±41)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in DeKalb County: 4.4% † 1,168 (±0.9% / ±246)

Housing

1,038 ±115 Number of housing units
  • Sandwich: 2,839 ±177
  • DeKalb County: 41,678 ±77

$248,400 ±$20,961 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Sandwich: $255,700 ±$16,135
  • about the same as the amount in DeKalb County: $243,600 ±$5,310

6.9% ±4.9% (164  ±118.3) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in Sandwich: 6.7% † 478 (±2.9% / ±206.9)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in DeKalb County: 17.2% 17,090 (±1.5% / ±1,475.7)

Social

90.3% ±6.6% (1,460  ±208.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Sandwich: 92.9% 4,513 (±7.2% / ±417.9)
  • about the same as the rate in DeKalb County: 92.2% 55,925 (±2.7% / ±1,655.3)
18.8% ±5.6% (304  ±97.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Sandwich: 20.3% † 984 (±3.6% / ±182.8)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in DeKalb County: 33% 19,980 (±1.6% / ±985.4)

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

7% ±4.3% (168  ±104) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Sandwich: 5.7% † 411 (±2% / ±142)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in DeKalb County: 6.4% 6,483

5.1% ±2.3% (93  ±44) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Sandwich: 6.4% † 344 (±1.7% / ±94)
  • about the same as the rate in DeKalb County: 5.2% † 4,092 (±0.6% / ±459)
93 Total veterans ±44 93 Male ±44 N/A Female ±13

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