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Dawson, IL

536 Population
0.8 square miles 676.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.1 ±9.3 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Springfield, IL Metro Area: 41.1 ±0.2
  • 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

$38,943 ±$5,973 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Springfield, IL Metro Area: $43,993 ±$903
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Illinois: $46,406 ±$212
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$76,339 ±$17,295 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the Springfield, IL Metro Area: $75,895 ±$1,762
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Illinois: $83,390 ±$362
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

6.6% ±4.6% (35  ±27) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in the Springfield, IL Metro Area: 12.9% 26,292 (±1% / ±2,041)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Illinois: 11.8% 1,464,937 (±0.2% / ±18,161)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

22.2 minutes ±13.4 (4,645  ±1,517) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Springfield, IL Metro Area: 20.1 1,657,135 (±0.5 / ±54,607)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Illinois: 27.8 143,793,920 (±0.1 / ±595,293)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

223 ±60 Number of households
  • the Springfield, IL Metro Area: 89,990 ±741
  • Illinois: 5,036,449 ±8,009
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.4 (536  ±168) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in the Springfield, IL Metro Area: 2.3 202,984 (±0 / ±157)
  • about the same as the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,405,980
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

6.8% ±11.1% (6  ±10) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Springfield, IL Metro Area: 5.7% † 2,657 (±1% / ±448)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Illinois: 4.9% 147,208 (±0.1% / ±3,564)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

241 ±65 Number of housing units
  • the Springfield, IL Metro Area: 98,982 ±104
  • Illinois: 5,457,452 ±471
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$91,000 ±$24,852 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in the Springfield, IL Metro Area: $177,300 ±$4,478
  • about one-third of the amount in Illinois: $263,300 ±$797
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

13.4% ±15.3% (71  ±84) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Springfield, IL Metro Area: 10.4% 21,167 (±0.7% / ±1,362.2)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 11.1% 1,396,426 (±0.1% / ±14,640.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

91.8% ±38% (370  ±90.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Springfield, IL Metro Area: 94.2% 136,810 (±1.8% / ±2,568.9)
  • 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)
10.4% ±7.6% (42  ±33.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Springfield, IL Metro Area: 36.1% 52,467 (±1.1% / ±1,524.7)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Illinois: 37.9% 3,318,149 (±0.2% / ±14,295.2)
  • about one-quarter 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% (7  ±9) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Springfield, IL Metro Area: 3.4% 7,072
  • 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

3.3% ±2.9% (14  ±13) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in the Springfield, IL Metro Area: 6.7% 10,853 (±0.4% / ±708)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Illinois: 4.8% 478,196 (±0.1% / ±4,766)
  • about half the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
14 Total veterans ±13 11 Male ±12 3 Female ±4

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