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Altamont, IL

2,500 Population
1.5 square miles 1,626.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38 ±4.8 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Effingham, IL Micro Area: 40 ±0.5
  • about the same as the figure in Illinois: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$33,297 ±$3,528 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Effingham, IL Micro Area: $38,047 ±$1,548
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Illinois: $45,104 ±$196
$76,198 ±$7,918 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Effingham, IL Micro Area: $74,219 ±$3,912
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Illinois: $81,702 ±$363

14.2% ±5.9% (343  ±148) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Effingham, IL Micro Area: 10.5% † 4,635 (±1.7% / ±750)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 11.7% 1,454,217 (±0.2% / ±18,530)

25.3 minutes ±4.9 (24,100  ±6,240) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.3 times the figure in the Effingham, IL Micro Area: 19.7 393,785 (±0.8 / ±20,757)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Illinois: 28.1 148,440,910 (±0.1 / ±701,124)

Families

994 ±134 Number of households
  • the Effingham, IL Micro Area: 18,210 ±346
  • Illinois: 5,001,904 ±7,673
2.4 ±0.4 (2,429  ±288) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Effingham, IL Micro Area: 2.4 44,281 (±0.1 / ±31)
  • about the same as the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,414,044

5% ±4.5% (24  ±22) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Effingham, IL Micro Area: 6.7% † 617 (±1.5% / ±139)
  • about the same as the rate in Illinois: 5% 150,099 (±0.1% / ±3,035)

Housing

1,040 ±130 Number of housing units
  • the Effingham, IL Micro Area: 20,056 ±98
  • Illinois: 5,443,501 ±767

$132,200 ±$21,727 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Effingham, IL Micro Area: $167,400 ±$6,434
  • about half the amount in Illinois: $250,500 ±$863

3.1% ±1.8% (78  ±44.9) Moved since previous year
  • about one-third of the rate in the Effingham, IL Micro Area: 9.4% † 4,156 (±1.4% / ±626.2)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Illinois: 11.5% 1,442,284 (±0.1% / ±14,975.1)

Social

93% ±6.5% (1,643  ±234.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Effingham, IL Micro Area: 93.3% 28,890 (±3% / ±935.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in Illinois: 90.3% 7,887,284 (±0.3% / ±22,684.6)
18.6% ±6.3% (328  ±118) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Effingham, IL Micro Area: 24.3% 7,513 (±1.5% / ±456.9)
  • about half the rate in Illinois: 37.2% 3,249,494 (±0.2% / ±13,788.4)

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

N/A Foreign-born population

11.7% ±3.6% (217  ±71) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Effingham, IL Micro Area: 7.3% 2,492 (±0.7% / ±240)
  • more than double the rate in Illinois: 5% 493,667 (±0.1% / ±4,919)
217 Total veterans ±71 217 Male ±71 N/A Female ±12

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