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Census Tract 5.02, Macon, IL

2,493 Population
0.4 square miles 6,669.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.7 ±7.3 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Decatur: 39.2 ±0.9
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Macon County: 40.6 ±0.4

Economics

$29,276 ±$12,129 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Decatur: $32,769 ±$1,117
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Macon County: $36,605 ±$955
$40,723 ±$17,659 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Decatur: $51,592 ±$2,061
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Macon County: $62,666 ±$2,127

41.6% ±7.7% (942  ±250) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in Decatur: 19.4% 13,012 (±1.9% / ±1,251)
  • more than double the rate in Macon County: 15% 14,834 (±1.3% / ±1,260)

16.4 minutes ±2.3 (13,870  ±5,049) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Decatur: 17.7 464,900 (±0.9 / ±28,463)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Macon County: 19.4 769,085 (±0.7 / ±33,408)

Families

1,052 ±217 Number of households
  • Decatur: 30,920 ±545
  • Macon County: 43,468 ±625
2.1 ±0.6 (2,209  ±432) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Decatur: 2.2 66,958 (±0 / ±548)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Macon County: 2.3 98,833 (±0 / ±38)

3.1% ±4.2% (22  ±30) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-third of the rate in Decatur: 9.6% † 1,576 (±2% / ±329)
  • about one-third of the rate in Macon County: 9.4% † 2,114 (±1.7% / ±382)

Housing

1,530 ±172 Number of housing units
  • Decatur: 36,018 ±408
  • Macon County: 49,630 ±55

$110,600 ±$25,951 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Decatur: $99,600 ±$3,837
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Macon County: $127,300 ±$4,307

17.2% ±7.8% (427  ±208.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Decatur: 14.9% 10,306 (±1.4% / ±995.5)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Macon County: 12.7% 12,820 (±1.1% / ±1,064.6)

Social

91.5% ±28.7% (1,359  ±281.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Decatur: 91.7% 44,030 (±2.8% / ±1,433.6)
  • about the same as the rate in Macon County: 93.1% 65,348 (±2.4% / ±1,657.9)
14.1% ±4.9% (210  ±87.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Decatur: 21.6% 10,390 (±1.7% / ±805.1)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Macon County: 24.4% 17,129 (±1.4% / ±987.3)

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

3.5% ±2.7% (87  ±68) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Decatur: 3.1% † 2,168 (±0.6% / ±383)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Macon County: 2.8% 2,799

7% ±6.5% (148  ±140) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Decatur: 6.7% 3,672 (±0.6% / ±347)
  • a little higher than the rate in Macon County: 6.8% 5,383 (±0.6% / ±462)
148 Total veterans ±140 148 Male ±140 N/A Female ±13

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