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Centralia, IL

12,096 Population
8.2 square miles 1,475.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.7 ±2.5 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Centralia, IL Micro Area: 41.9 ±0.6
  • a little higher than the figure in Illinois: 38.7 ±0.1

Economics

$27,687 ±$2,142 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Centralia, IL Micro Area: $30,360 ±$1,143
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Illinois: $43,198 ±$199
$46,468 ±$4,954 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Centralia, IL Micro Area: $59,099 ±$2,310
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Illinois: $78,433 ±$297

23.4% ±4.5% (2,696  ±522) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Centralia, IL Micro Area: 17% † 6,157 (±1.9% / ±691)
  • about double the rate in Illinois: 11.8% 1,467,893 (±0.1% / ±16,574)

17.9 minutes ±1.5 (74,320  ±8,984) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Centralia, IL Micro Area: 19.8 302,100 (±0.9 / ±17,312)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Illinois: 28.4 154,142,480 (±0.1 / ±641,806)

Families

5,127 ±229 Number of households
  • the Centralia, IL Micro Area: 15,236 ±248
  • Illinois: 4,968,761 ±7,953
2.3 ±0.1 (11,670  ±189) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Centralia, IL Micro Area: 2.4 36,730 (±0 / ±66)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,480,854

6.4% ±3.3% (151  ±79) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in the Centralia, IL Micro Area: 6.6% † 512 (±1.4% / ±111)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 5.1% 152,825 (±0.1% / ±3,352)

Housing

5,968 ±233 Number of housing units
  • the Centralia, IL Micro Area: 17,431 ±59
  • Illinois: 5,427,357 ±1,016

$84,700 ±$5,783 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Centralia, IL Micro Area: $96,200 ±$4,143
  • about one-third of the amount in Illinois: $239,100 ±$749

14.2% ±3% (1,699  ±,357.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Centralia, IL Micro Area: 12.9% † 4,797 (±1.7% / ±,637.7)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 11.8% 1,494,528 (±0.1% / ±15,496.9)

Social

89% ±5% (7,297  ±,489.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Centralia, IL Micro Area: 90% 23,382 (±2.8% / ±,727.6)
  • about the same as the rate in Illinois: 90.1% 7,883,680 (±0.3% / ±22,258.1)
18.2% ±2.7% (1,494  ±,226.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Centralia, IL Micro Area: 16.7% 4,342 (±1.3% / ±,333.9)
  • about half the rate in Illinois: 36.7% 3,207,450 (±0.2% / ±14,003.2)

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

3.4% ±1% (409  ±121) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in the Centralia, IL Micro Area: 1.3% 499
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Illinois: 14.2% 1,804,681

8.8% ±1.6% (811  ±150) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in the Centralia, IL Micro Area: 9% 2,591 (±0.8% / ±235)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Illinois: 5.2% 518,426 (±0.1% / ±6,053)
811 Total veterans ±150 785 Male ±152 26 Female ±19

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