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Altamont, IL

2,282 Population
1.5 square miles 1,484.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.9 ±4.1 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Effingham, IL Micro Area: 40.7 ±0.4
  • about the same as the figure in Illinois: 39 ±0.1

Economics

$31,950 ±$3,726 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Effingham, IL Micro Area: $39,201 ±$1,304
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Illinois: $46,406 ±$212
$75,510 ±$13,343 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in the Effingham, IL Micro Area: $79,157 ±$3,684
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Illinois: $83,390 ±$362

15.1% ±5.8% (333  ±133) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Effingham, IL Micro Area: 9.9% † 4,367 (±1.8% / ±790)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Illinois: 11.8% 1,464,937 (±0.2% / ±18,161)

22.5 minutes ±4.8 (21,375  ±5,884) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Effingham, IL Micro Area: 19.4 389,355 (±0.7 / ±20,377)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Illinois: 27.8 143,793,920 (±0.1 / ±595,293)

Families

889 ±103 Number of households
  • the Effingham, IL Micro Area: 18,128 ±298
  • Illinois: 5,036,449 ±8,009
2.5 ±0.1 (2,216  ±270) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Effingham, IL Micro Area: 2.4 44,241 (±0 / ±32)
  • about the same as the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,405,980

5.5% ±5.1% (24  ±23) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Effingham, IL Micro Area: 6.4% † 591 (±1.7% / ±156)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 4.9% 147,208 (±0.1% / ±3,564)

Housing

937 ±112 Number of housing units
  • the Effingham, IL Micro Area: 20,139 ±45
  • Illinois: 5,457,452 ±471

$129,800 ±$17,492 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Effingham, IL Micro Area: $172,400 ±$6,235
  • about half the amount in Illinois: $263,300 ±$797

4% ±2.3% (91  ±53.5) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in the Effingham, IL Micro Area: 7.8% † 3,455 (±1.2% / ±513.6)
  • about one-third of the rate in Illinois: 11.1% 1,396,426 (±0.1% / ±14,640.6)

Social

95% ±8.5% (1,533  ±219.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Effingham, IL Micro Area: 93.3% 29,045 (±3% / ±938.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in Illinois: 90.5% 7,931,250 (±0.3% / ±22,974.6)
21.8% ±7.2% (351  ±122.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Effingham, IL Micro Area: 25.2% 7,837 (±1.6% / ±496.1)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Illinois: 37.9% 3,318,149 (±0.2% / ±14,295.2)

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

N/A Foreign-born population

10.1% ±3.3% (171  ±59) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Effingham, IL Micro Area: 6.8% 2,334 (±0.6% / ±220)
  • more than double the rate in Illinois: 4.8% 478,196 (±0.1% / ±4,766)
171 Total veterans ±59 171 Male ±59 N/A Female ±13

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