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Bureau Junction, IL

279 Population
1.6 square miles 173.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.5 ±9.2 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Ottawa, IL Micro Area: 42.5 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in Illinois: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$27,868 ±$5,285 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Ottawa, IL Micro Area: $37,828 ±$880
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Illinois: $45,104 ±$196
$54,063 ±$3,141 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Ottawa, IL Micro Area: $70,941 ±$1,750
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Illinois: $81,702 ±$363

25.4% ±16% (70  ±49) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in the Ottawa, IL Micro Area: 13.1% 18,876 (±0.8% / ±1,181)
  • more than double the rate in Illinois: 11.7% 1,454,217 (±0.2% / ±18,530)

33.9 minutes ±7.1 (5,260  ±2,224) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.4 times the figure in the Ottawa, IL Micro Area: 24.9 1,642,700 (±0.7 / ±55,935)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Illinois: 28.1 148,440,910 (±0.1 / ±701,124)

Families

110 ±29 Number of households
  • the Ottawa, IL Micro Area: 61,576 ±617
  • Illinois: 5,001,904 ±7,673
2.5 ±0.4 (279  ±84) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Ottawa, IL Micro Area: 2.3 144,125 (±0 / ±94)
  • about the same as the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,414,044

7.5% ±8% (6  ±7) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Ottawa, IL Micro Area: 6.4% † 1,913 (±0.9% / ±266)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Illinois: 5% 150,099 (±0.1% / ±3,035)

Housing

142 ±32 Number of housing units
  • the Ottawa, IL Micro Area: 68,553 ±83
  • Illinois: 5,443,501 ±767

$53,700 ±$3,829 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about one-third of the amount in the Ottawa, IL Micro Area: $148,600 ±$3,153
  • about one-fifth of the amount in Illinois: $250,500 ±$863

23.6% ±15.2% (64  ±45.1) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in the Ottawa, IL Micro Area: 10% 14,610 (±0.8% / ±1,147.8)
  • more than double the rate in Illinois: 11.5% 1,442,284 (±0.1% / ±14,975.1)

Social

80.6% ±13.7% (158  ±51.2) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Ottawa, IL Micro Area: 91.4% 95,883 (±1.6% / ±1,714)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Illinois: 90.3% 7,887,284 (±0.3% / ±22,684.6)
6.1% ±14.2% (12  ±28) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-third of the rate in the Ottawa, IL Micro Area: 19.6% 20,542 (±0.8% / ±803.4)
  • less than a fifth of 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

7.4% ±4.1% (16  ±10) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the Ottawa, IL Micro Area: 7.5% 8,688 (±0.4% / ±483)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Illinois: 5% 493,667 (±0.1% / ±4,919)
16 Total veterans ±10 13 Male ±9 3 Female ±4

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