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Beardstown, IL

6,047 Population
3.6 square miles 1,670.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

31.7 ±1.3 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Cass County: 38.1 ±1
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Illinois: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$22,984 ±$1,800 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Cass County: $32,047 ±$1,955
  • about half the amount in Illinois: $45,104 ±$196
$58,765 ±$5,485 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Cass County: $64,907 † ±$6,467
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Illinois: $81,702 ±$363

13.2% ±4.2% (787  ±250) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Cass County: 10.9% † 1,387 (±2.3% / ±287)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 11.7% 1,454,217 (±0.2% / ±18,530)

19.5 minutes ±2.9 (47,825  ±7,841) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Cass County: 22.1 115,375 (±1.9 / ±11,372)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Illinois: 28.1 148,440,910 (±0.1 / ±701,124)

Families

2,124 ±134 Number of households
  • Cass County: 5,135 ±149
  • Illinois: 5,001,904 ±7,673
2.8 ±0.2 (5,944  ±187) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Cass County: 2.5 12,682 (±0.1 / ±4)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,414,044

10.8% ±6.6% (156  ±96) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Cass County: 8% † 222 (±3.8% / ±104)
  • more than double the rate in Illinois: 5% 150,099 (±0.1% / ±3,035)

Housing

2,303 ±116 Number of housing units
  • Cass County: 5,665 ±53
  • Illinois: 5,443,501 ±767

$80,800 ±$4,975 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Cass County: $95,500 ±$5,981
  • about one-third of the amount in Illinois: $250,500 ±$863

19.5% ±6% (1,164  ±357.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Cass County: 13.6% † 1,718 (±3.1% / ±389.9)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Illinois: 11.5% 1,442,284 (±0.1% / ±14,975.1)

Social

80.2% ±7.5% (2,977  ±306.7) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Cass County: 86.7% 7,538 (±4.9% / ±431.1)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Illinois: 90.3% 7,887,284 (±0.3% / ±22,684.6)
17.4% ±4.3% (647  ±160.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Cass County: 20% † 1,736 (±2.5% / ±219.5)
  • 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

26.7% ±4.6% (1,613  ±280) Foreign-born population
  • about double the rate in Cass County: 13.1% 1,679
  • nearly double the rate in Illinois: 14.5% 1,833,810

4.3% ±1.3% (185  ±55) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Cass County: 6.1% † 587 (±1.1% / ±102)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Illinois: 5% 493,667 (±0.1% / ±4,919)
185 Total veterans ±55 185 Male ±55 N/A Female ±17

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