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Grand Tower, IL

551 Population
1.2 square miles 441.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

24.1 ±8 Median age
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Carbondale, IL Micro Area: 32.9 ±0.3
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Illinois: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$23,409 ±$5,106 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Carbondale, IL Micro Area: $30,227 ±$1,599
  • about half the amount in Illinois: $45,104 ±$196
$59,375 ±$10,504 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in the Carbondale, IL Micro Area: $45,572 ±$3,777
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Illinois: $81,702 ±$363

22.2% ±8.9% (121  ±59) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in the Carbondale, IL Micro Area: 21.8% 10,753 (±2.1% / ±1,021)
  • nearly double the rate in Illinois: 11.7% 1,454,217 (±0.2% / ±18,530)

40.5 minutes ±15.1 (8,990  ±4,934) Mean travel time to work
  • about double the figure in the Carbondale, IL Micro Area: 20.2 402,620 (±1 / ±24,891)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Illinois: 28.1 148,440,910 (±0.1 / ±701,124)

Families

201 ±49 Number of households
  • the Carbondale, IL Micro Area: 23,088 ±418
  • Illinois: 5,001,904 ±7,673
2.7 ±0.4 (551  ±153) Persons per household
  • about 1.3 times the figure in the Carbondale, IL Micro Area: 2.1 49,093 (±0 / ±42)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,414,044

8% ±11.2% (11  ±16) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Carbondale, IL Micro Area: 5.9% † 806 (±1.9% / ±256)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Illinois: 5% 150,099 (±0.1% / ±3,035)

Housing

245 ±54 Number of housing units
  • the Carbondale, IL Micro Area: 27,750 ±49
  • Illinois: 5,443,501 ±767

$24,500 ±$19,973 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about one-fifth of the amount in the Carbondale, IL Micro Area: $125,000 ±$7,819
  • about 10 percent of the amount in Illinois: $250,500 ±$863

3.7% ±3.5% (20  ±19.6) Moved since previous year
  • about one-fifth of the rate in the Carbondale, IL Micro Area: 21.4% 11,130 (±1.8% / ±937.1)
  • about one-third of the rate in Illinois: 11.5% 1,442,284 (±0.1% / ±14,975.1)

Social

86.8% ±36.5% (230  ±68.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Carbondale, IL Micro Area: 92.1% 29,283 (±3.3% / ±1,074.2)
  • a little less than the rate in Illinois: 90.3% 7,887,284 (±0.3% / ±22,684.6)
2.6% ±11.6% (7  ±30.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent of the rate in the Carbondale, IL Micro Area: 35.1% 11,148 (±1.9% / ±590.3)
  • less than 10 percent 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

4.7% ±5.5% (26  ±31) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Carbondale, IL Micro Area: 5.8% 3,028
  • about one-third of the rate in Illinois: 14.5% 1,833,810

4.3% ±2.8% (17  ±12) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Carbondale, IL Micro Area: 5.7% † 2,412 (±0.8% / ±323)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Illinois: 5% 493,667 (±0.1% / ±4,919)
17 Total veterans ±12 17 Male ±12 N/A Female ±12

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