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Census Tract 29.04, Macon, IL

5,474 Population
4.1 square miles 1,348.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.3 ±7.1 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Decatur: 39.2 ±0.9
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Macon County: 40.6 ±0.4

Economics

$36,713 ±$4,031 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
$58,716 ±$21,637 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Decatur: $51,592 ±$2,061
  • a little less than the amount in Macon County: $62,666 ±$2,127

6.7% ±3.6% (358  ±194) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-third of the rate in Decatur: 19.4% 13,012 (±1.9% / ±1,251)
  • about half the rate in Macon County: 15% 14,834 (±1.3% / ±1,260)

16.4 minutes ±1.7 (36,070  ±7,505) 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

2,444 ±321 Number of households
  • Decatur: 30,920 ±545
  • Macon County: 43,468 ±625
2.1 ±0.4 (5,190  ±575) Persons per household
  • about the same as 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)

2.5% ±2.1% (32  ±28) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Decatur: 9.6% † 1,576 (±2% / ±329)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Macon County: 9.4% † 2,114 (±1.7% / ±382)

Housing

2,626 ±357 Number of housing units
  • Decatur: 36,018 ±408
  • Macon County: 49,630 ±55

$130,000 ±$9,323 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Decatur: $99,600 ±$3,837
  • about the same as the amount in Macon County: $127,300 ±$4,307

13.2% ±4.5% (724  ±257.6) 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

94.3% ±8.9% (3,716  ±521) 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)
27.5% ±8.4% (1,084  ±348.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Decatur: 21.6% 10,390 (±1.7% / ±805.1)
  • about 10 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

5.6% ±2.4% (306  ±134) Foreign-born population
  • nearly double the rate in Decatur: 3.1% † 2,168 (±0.6% / ±383)
  • about double the rate in Macon County: 2.8% 2,799

6.9% ±3.6% (312  ±164) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than 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)
312 Total veterans ±164 312 Male ±164 N/A Female ±18

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