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Census Tract 29.02, Macon, IL

4,255 Population
3.2 square miles 1,343.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

50.6 ±4.5 Median age
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Decatur: 39.2 ±0.9
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Macon County: 40.6 ±0.4

Economics

$45,493 ±$10,316 Per capita income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Decatur: $32,769 ±$1,117
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Macon County: $36,605 ±$955
$61,515 ±$12,486 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Decatur: $51,592 ±$2,061
  • about the same as the amount in Macon County: $62,666 ±$2,127

2.8% ±1.8% (121  ±76) Persons below poverty line
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Decatur: 19.4% 13,012 (±1.9% / ±1,251)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Macon County: 15% 14,834 (±1.3% / ±1,260)

14.1 minutes ±6.2 (18,495  ±5,389) 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

1,926 ±246 Number of households
  • Decatur: 30,920 ±545
  • Macon County: 43,468 ±625
2.2 ±0.4 (4,252  ±499) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Decatur: 2.2 66,958 (±0 / ±548)
  • a little less than the figure in Macon County: 2.3 98,833 (±0 / ±38)

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

2,092 ±233 Number of housing units
  • Decatur: 36,018 ±408
  • Macon County: 49,630 ±55

$153,500 ±$29,334 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Decatur: $99,600 ±$3,837
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Macon County: $127,300 ±$4,307

9.1% ±11% (387  ±468.2) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Decatur: 14.9% 10,306 (±1.4% / ±995.5)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Macon County: 12.7% 12,820 (±1.1% / ±1,064.6)

Social

95% ±9.1% (3,037  ±495.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than 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)
30.2% ±7.7% (965  ±277.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Decatur: 21.6% 10,390 (±1.7% / ±805.1)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Macon County: 24.4% 17,129 (±1.4% / ±987.3)

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

1.2% ±1.6% (49  ±67) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Decatur: 3.1% † 2,168 (±0.6% / ±383)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Macon County: 2.8% 2,799

12.2% ±4.1% (415  ±148) Population with veteran status
  • nearly double the rate in Decatur: 6.7% 3,672 (±0.6% / ±347)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Macon County: 6.8% 5,383 (±0.6% / ±462)
415 Total veterans ±148 415 Male ±148 N/A Female ±13

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