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Census Tract 17, Whiteside, IL

3,047 Population
7.1 square miles 429.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.4 ±4.4 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Rock Falls: 37.7 † ±3.8
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Whiteside County: 43 ±0.3

Economics

$28,472 ±$7,350 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Rock Falls: $33,035 † ±$4,469
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Whiteside County: $37,312 ±$1,417
$38,523 ±$16,517 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Rock Falls: $49,600 ±$3,360
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Whiteside County: $67,500 ±$2,936

44.8% ±12.9% (1,345  ±414) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Rock Falls: 25.6% † 2,162 (±6.3% / ±534)
  • more than double the rate in Whiteside County: 12% † 6,447 (±1.6% / ±871)

20.2 minutes ±4 (21,340  ±5,991) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Rock Falls: 15.7 53,775 (±1.2 / ±7,082)
  • about the same as the figure in Whiteside County: 20.3 485,315 (±0.9 / ±25,006)

Families

1,389 ±137 Number of households
  • Rock Falls: 3,797 ±270
  • Whiteside County: 23,120 ±396
2.2 ±0.1 (3,047  ±334) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Rock Falls: 2.2 8,464 (±0.2 / ±304)
  • a little less than the figure in Whiteside County: 2.3 53,927 (±0 / ±17)

6.9% ±6.4% (56  ±53) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in Rock Falls: 7.4% † 141 (±5.2% / ±101)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Whiteside County: 4.9% † 545 (±1.6% / ±171)

Housing

1,565 ±141 Number of housing units
  • Rock Falls: 4,362 ±251
  • Whiteside County: 25,837 ±91

$76,700 ±$14,416 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Rock Falls: $83,900 ±$5,354
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Whiteside County: $127,100 ±$6,398

13% ±9.8% (392  ±299.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Rock Falls: 10% † 854 (±4% / ±344.4)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Whiteside County: 7.6% † 4,116 (±1.1% / ±571.3)

Social

80.5% ±9.9% (1,551  ±247.6) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Rock Falls: 87.5% 5,204 (±6.6% / ±486.7)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Whiteside County: 91.9% 35,536 (±2.8% / ±1,085.6)
9.2% ±3.9% (177  ±76.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Rock Falls: 13.4% † 798 (±3.1% / ±190.1)
  • about half the rate in Whiteside County: 20.5% 7,910 (±1.4% / ±547.7)

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

6.8% ±3.5% (206  ±110) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Rock Falls: 4.9% † 420 (±1.4% / ±124)
  • more than double the rate in Whiteside County: 3% 1,650

5.5% ±2.8% (120  ±63) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in Rock Falls: 11% † 720 (±3.4% / ±225)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Whiteside County: 8.1% † 3,468 (±0.9% / ±399)
120 Total veterans ±63 120 Male ±63 N/A Female ±13

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