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Census Tract 17, Macon, IL

2,045 Population
1.8 square miles 1,135.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.6 ±5.2 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Decatur: 39.2 ±0.9
  • about the same as the figure in Macon County: 40.6 ±0.4

Economics

$36,066 ±$7,725 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Decatur: $32,769 ±$1,117
  • about the same as the amount in Macon County: $36,605 ±$955
$56,731 ±$24,675 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Decatur: $51,592 ±$2,061
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Macon County: $62,666 ±$2,127

16.5% ±10.8% (334  ±221) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Decatur: 19.4% 13,012 (±1.9% / ±1,251)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Macon County: 15% 14,834 (±1.3% / ±1,260)

20.4 minutes ±3.8 (19,965  ±5,770) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Decatur: 17.7 464,900 (±0.9 / ±28,463)
  • a little higher than the figure in Macon County: 19.4 769,085 (±0.7 / ±33,408)

Families

826 ±118 Number of households
  • Decatur: 30,920 ±545
  • Macon County: 43,468 ±625
2.5 ±0.5 (2,045  ±231) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Decatur: 2.2 66,958 (±0 / ±548)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Macon County: 2.3 98,833 (±0 / ±38)

15.1% ±12.9% (68  ±61) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Decatur: 9.6% † 1,576 (±2% / ±329)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Macon County: 9.4% † 2,114 (±1.7% / ±382)

Housing

974 ±104 Number of housing units
  • Decatur: 36,018 ±408
  • Macon County: 49,630 ±55

$82,800 ±$9,805 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Decatur: $99,600 ±$3,837
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Macon County: $127,300 ±$4,307

14.3% ±5.9% (289  ±123.2) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in Decatur: 14.9% 10,306 (±1.4% / ±995.5)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Macon County: 12.7% 12,820 (±1.1% / ±1,064.6)

Social

93.2% ±8.2% (1,360  ±207.3) 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)
19.8% ±7% (289  ±108.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Decatur: 21.6% 10,390 (±1.7% / ±805.1)
  • about 80 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

0.9% ±1.4% (19  ±29) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in Decatur: 3.1% † 2,168 (±0.6% / ±383)
  • about one-third of the rate in Macon County: 2.8% 2,799

6.7% ±3.9% (111  ±66) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Decatur: 6.7% 3,672 (±0.6% / ±347)
  • about the same as the rate in Macon County: 6.8% 5,383 (±0.6% / ±462)
111 Total veterans ±66 98 Male ±58 13 Female ±21

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