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Arthur, IL

2,083 Population
1.3 square miles 1,558.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.9 ±11.1 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Douglas County: 38.7 ±0.8
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Illinois: 39 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$34,073 ±$4,549 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Douglas County: $36,634 ±$1,670
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Illinois: $46,406 ±$212
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$54,907 ±$12,683 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Douglas County: $77,320 ±$2,305
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Illinois: $83,390 ±$362
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

19.2% ±8.2% (391  ±183) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in Douglas County: 8.5% † 1,642 (±2.1% / ±413)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Illinois: 11.8% 1,464,937 (±0.2% / ±18,161)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

15.1 minutes ±6.7 (11,550  ±3,569) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Douglas County: 20.4 183,855 (±1.2 / ±12,839)
  • about half the figure in Illinois: 27.8 143,793,920 (±0.1 / ±595,293)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,034 ±181 Number of households
  • Douglas County: 7,765 ±188
  • Illinois: 5,036,449 ±8,009
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2 ±0.1 (2,041  ±377) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Douglas County: 2.5 19,498 (±0.1 / ±51)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,405,980
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

9.8% ±7.3% (42  ±34) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Douglas County: 11.9% † 516 (±3.2% / ±140)
  • about double the rate in Illinois: 4.9% 147,208 (±0.1% / ±3,564)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,106 ±185 Number of housing units
  • Douglas County: 8,507 ±38
  • Illinois: 5,457,452 ±471
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$151,300 ±$20,536 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Douglas County: $150,400 ±$8,144
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Illinois: $263,300 ±$797
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

8.7% ±3.6% (179  ±80.7) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in Douglas County: 9.3% † 1,794 (±1.6% / ±312.7)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Illinois: 11.1% 1,396,426 (±0.1% / ±14,640.6)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

85.4% ±19.6% (1,335  ±204) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Douglas County: 87.5% 11,660 (±4.3% / ±581.3)
  • a little less than the rate in Illinois: 90.5% 7,931,250 (±0.3% / ±22,974.6)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
20% ±4% (313  ±82.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Douglas County: 20.9% † 2,780 (±2.2% / ±296.2)
  • about half the rate in Illinois: 37.9% 3,318,149 (±0.2% / ±14,295.2)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

10.9% ±6.1% (226  ±133) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Douglas County: 4.2% 824
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Illinois: 14.8% 1,872,449
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5.5% ±2.1% (92  ±38) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Douglas County: 6.7% † 988 (±1.1% / ±166)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 4.8% 478,196 (±0.1% / ±4,766)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
92 Total veterans ±38 92 Male ±38 N/A Female ±13

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