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Census Tract 21, Macon, IL

1,272 Population
3.8 square miles 335.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37 ±10.6 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Decatur: 39.2 ±0.9
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Macon County: 40.6 ±0.4

Economics

$20,245 ±$5,120 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Decatur: $32,769 ±$1,117
  • about half the amount in Macon County: $36,605 ±$955
$32,500 ±$15,735 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Decatur: $51,592 ±$2,061
  • about half the amount in Macon County: $62,666 ±$2,127

45.9% ±21.7% (584  ±307) 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)

15.4 minutes ±9 (7,015  ±2,661) 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

694 ±135 Number of households
  • Decatur: 30,920 ±545
  • Macon County: 43,468 ±625
1.8 ±0.2 (1,257  ±293) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Decatur: 2.2 66,958 (±0 / ±548)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Macon County: 2.3 98,833 (±0 / ±38)

8.2% ±10.1% (27  ±35) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Decatur: 9.6% † 1,576 (±2% / ±329)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Macon County: 9.4% † 2,114 (±1.7% / ±382)

Housing

775 ±132 Number of housing units
  • Decatur: 36,018 ±408
  • Macon County: 49,630 ±55

$36,100 ±$8,531 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about one-third of the amount in Decatur: $99,600 ±$3,837
  • about one-quarter of the amount in Macon County: $127,300 ±$4,307

26.2% ±15.2% (333  ±207.9) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Decatur: 14.9% 10,306 (±1.4% / ±995.5)
  • more than double the rate in Macon County: 12.7% 12,820 (±1.1% / ±1,064.6)

Social

88.9% ±4.4% (867  ±191.6) 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)
3.1% ±4.4% (30  ±43.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Decatur: 21.6% 10,390 (±1.7% / ±805.1)
  • less than a fifth 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

2.6% ±3.7% (33  ±47) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Decatur: 3.1% † 2,168 (±0.6% / ±383)
  • a little less than the rate in Macon County: 2.8% 2,799

5.7% ±2.4% (59  ±28) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Decatur: 6.7% 3,672 (±0.6% / ±347)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Macon County: 6.8% 5,383 (±0.6% / ±462)
59 Total veterans ±28 42 Male ±23 17 Female ±17

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