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Central City, IL

1,081 Population
0.6 square miles 1,913.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.2 ±9.6 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Centralia, IL Micro Area: 41.5 ±0.5
  • about the same as the figure in Illinois: 39 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$25,437 ±$6,471 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Centralia, IL Micro Area: $32,825 ±$1,242
  • about half the amount in Illinois: $46,406 ±$212
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$44,896 ±$11,880 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Centralia, IL Micro Area: $61,240 ±$3,240
  • about half the amount in Illinois: $83,390 ±$362
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

29.1% ±9.8% (314  ±123) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in the Centralia, IL Micro Area: 15.4% † 5,542 (±1.8% / ±665)
  • more than double the rate in Illinois: 11.8% 1,464,937 (±0.2% / ±18,161)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

16.4 minutes ±0.3 (7,695  ±1,892) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Centralia, IL Micro Area: 21.1 324,200 (±0.9 / ±18,073)
  • about three-fifths of 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

487 ±93 Number of households
  • the Centralia, IL Micro Area: 15,512 ±253
  • Illinois: 5,036,449 ±8,009
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.1 (1,073  ±214) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Centralia, IL Micro Area: 2.3 36,111 (±0 / ±68)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,405,980
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

1.7% ±2.3% (5  ±7) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Centralia, IL Micro Area: 6.9% † 527 (±1.8% / ±137)
  • about one-third of the rate in Illinois: 4.9% 147,208 (±0.1% / ±3,564)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

586 ±105 Number of housing units
  • the Centralia, IL Micro Area: 17,334 ±113
  • Illinois: 5,457,452 ±471
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$47,600 ±$28,050 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in the Centralia, IL Micro Area: $103,000 ±$5,381
  • about one-fifth of the amount in Illinois: $263,300 ±$797
  • less than a fifth of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

10.2% ±7.1% (110  ±79.6) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in the Centralia, IL Micro Area: 10.3% † 3,753 (±1.5% / ±551)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Illinois: 11.1% 1,396,426 (±0.1% / ±14,640.6)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

88.3% ±24.8% (627  ±120.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Centralia, IL Micro Area: 90.7% 23,316 (±3% / ±765.3)
  • about the same as the rate in Illinois: 90.5% 7,931,250 (±0.3% / ±22,974.6)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
5.5% ±4.3% (39  ±31.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-third of the rate in the Centralia, IL Micro Area: 16.8% 4,308 (±1.4% / ±350.1)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Illinois: 37.9% 3,318,149 (±0.2% / ±14,295.2)
  • less than a fifth 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

1.3% ±1.6% (14  ±17) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Centralia, IL Micro Area: 1.5% 551
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Illinois: 14.8% 1,872,449
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7.1% ±4.4% (57  ±37) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Centralia, IL Micro Area: 7.8% † 2,199 (±0.9% / ±245)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Illinois: 4.8% 478,196 (±0.1% / ±4,766)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
57 Total veterans ±37 52 Male ±35 5 Female ±7

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