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Galesburg, IL

29,481 Population
17.8 square miles 1,660 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.8 ±1.2 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Galesburg, IL Micro Area: 42.6 ±0.4
  • a little higher than the figure in Illinois: 39 ±0.1

Economics

$27,222 ±$1,536 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Galesburg, IL Micro Area: $31,878 ±$1,182
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Illinois: $46,406 ±$212
$48,297 ±$3,539 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Galesburg, IL Micro Area: $57,030 ±$3,310
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Illinois: $83,390 ±$362

19.1% ±2.2% (4,956  ±565) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Galesburg, IL Micro Area: 14.6% † 6,599 (±1.6% / ±707)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Illinois: 11.8% 1,464,937 (±0.2% / ±18,161)

16.6 minutes ±1.9 (184,900  ±23,681) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Galesburg, IL Micro Area: 20.4 399,770 (±1.5 / ±31,559)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Illinois: 27.8 143,793,920 (±0.1 / ±595,293)

Families

12,628 ±357 Number of households
  • the Galesburg, IL Micro Area: 20,972 ±403
  • Illinois: 5,036,449 ±8,009
2 ±0.1 (25,705  ±195) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Galesburg, IL Micro Area: 2.2 45,077 (±0 / ±190)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,405,980

6.1% ±2.5% (371  ±152) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Galesburg, IL Micro Area: 5.7% † 552 (±1.8% / ±173)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 4.9% 147,208 (±0.1% / ±3,564)

Housing

14,156 ±337 Number of housing units
  • the Galesburg, IL Micro Area: 23,758 ±93
  • Illinois: 5,457,452 ±471

$96,400 ±$4,983 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Galesburg, IL Micro Area: $111,900 ±$4,687
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Illinois: $263,300 ±$797

12.4% ±1.9% (3,608  ±558.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Galesburg, IL Micro Area: 10.2% † 4,940 (±1.2% / ±598.7)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 11.1% 1,396,426 (±0.1% / ±14,640.6)

Social

86.7% ±3.8% (17,586  ±827) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Galesburg, IL Micro Area: 89.9% 30,837 (±2.9% / ±1,004.4)
  • a little less than the rate in Illinois: 90.5% 7,931,250 (±0.3% / ±22,974.6)
19.7% ±2% (3,997  ±419.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Galesburg, IL Micro Area: 21% 7,190 (±1.4% / ±485)
  • about half the rate in Illinois: 37.9% 3,318,149 (±0.2% / ±14,295.2)

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

4.8% ±0.9% (1,421  ±252) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Galesburg, IL Micro Area: 3.2% 1,562
  • about one-third of the rate in Illinois: 14.8% 1,872,449

6.8% ±1% (1,642  ±242) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in the Galesburg, IL Micro Area: 7.3% † 2,858 (±0.7% / ±285)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Illinois: 4.8% 478,196 (±0.1% / ±4,766)
1,642 Total veterans ±242 1,551 Male ±243 91 Female ±62

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