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Census Tract 6, Macon, IL

1,286 Population
0.5 square miles 2,746.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36 ±4.7 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Decatur: 39.2 ±0.9
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Macon County: 40.6 ±0.4

Economics

$15,474 ±$4,417 Per capita income
  • about half the amount in Decatur: $32,769 ±$1,117
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Macon County: $36,605 ±$955
$21,516 ±$6,265 Median household income
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Decatur: $51,592 ±$2,061
  • about one-third of the amount in Macon County: $62,666 ±$2,127

41.6% ±18.9% (535  ±283) 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)

14 minutes ±10.2 (4,345  ±2,086) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Decatur: 17.7 464,900 (±0.9 / ±28,463)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Macon County: 19.4 769,085 (±0.7 / ±33,408)

Families

621 ±138 Number of households
  • Decatur: 30,920 ±545
  • Macon County: 43,468 ±625
2.1 ±0.3 (1,272  ±349) 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)

18.5% ±13.7% (63  ±52) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • nearly double the rate in Decatur: 9.6% † 1,576 (±2% / ±329)
  • about double the rate in Macon County: 9.4% † 2,114 (±1.7% / ±382)

Housing

778 ±140 Number of housing units
  • Decatur: 36,018 ±408
  • Macon County: 49,630 ±55

$45,000 ±$13,178 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in Decatur: $99,600 ±$3,837
  • about one-third of the amount in Macon County: $127,300 ±$4,307

13.4% ±9.7% (165  ±128.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Decatur: 14.9% 10,306 (±1.4% / ±995.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in Macon County: 12.7% 12,820 (±1.1% / ±1,064.6)

Social

87.2% ±31.5% (735  ±182.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Decatur: 91.7% 44,030 (±2.8% / ±1,433.6)
  • a little less than the rate in Macon County: 93.1% 65,348 (±2.4% / ±1,657.9)
2.5% ±3.9% (21  ±33.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Decatur: 21.6% 10,390 (±1.7% / ±805.1)
  • about 10 percent 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

N/A Foreign-born population

2.9% ±2.4% (27  ±23) Population with veteran status
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Decatur: 6.7% 3,672 (±0.6% / ±347)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Macon County: 6.8% 5,383 (±0.6% / ±462)
27 Total veterans ±23 19 Male ±18 8 Female ±14

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