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Murphysboro, IL

6,735 Population
5.2 square miles 1,283.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.5 ±3.7 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in the Carbondale, IL Micro Area: 32.4 ±0.3
  • about the same as the figure in Illinois: 39 ±0.1

Economics

$29,101 ±$2,542 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Carbondale, IL Micro Area: $30,227 ±$1,423
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Illinois: $46,406 ±$212
$44,154 ±$7,101 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Carbondale, IL Micro Area: $48,763 ±$3,394
  • about half the amount in Illinois: $83,390 ±$362

14.9% ±5% (966  ±325) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Carbondale, IL Micro Area: 21% 10,305 (±1.9% / ±941)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 11.8% 1,464,937 (±0.2% / ±18,161)

20.8 minutes ±2.6 (52,290  ±10,335) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in the Carbondale, IL Micro Area: 20.3 394,325 (±1.1 / ±27,313)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Illinois: 27.8 143,793,920 (±0.1 / ±595,293)

Families

3,373 ±276 Number of households
  • the Carbondale, IL Micro Area: 22,955 ±550
  • Illinois: 5,036,449 ±8,009
1.9 ±0.2 (6,448  ±250) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Carbondale, IL Micro Area: 2.1 48,943 (±0.1 / ±43)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,405,980

1.1% ±1.9% (16  ±28) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-fifth of the rate in the Carbondale, IL Micro Area: 6.3% † 868 (±2.1% / ±287)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Illinois: 4.9% 147,208 (±0.1% / ±3,564)

Housing

4,021 ±283 Number of housing units
  • the Carbondale, IL Micro Area: 27,727 ±47
  • Illinois: 5,457,452 ±471

$85,900 ±$5,854 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Carbondale, IL Micro Area: $137,300 ±$9,859
  • about one-third of the amount in Illinois: $263,300 ±$797

13.5% ±5.4% (908  ±361.9) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Carbondale, IL Micro Area: 21.2% 11,116 (±1.8% / ±926.2)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 11.1% 1,396,426 (±0.1% / ±14,640.6)

Social

90.8% ±7.7% (4,240  ±459) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Carbondale, IL Micro Area: 92.9% 29,348 (±3.2% / ±1,032.5)
  • about the same as the rate in Illinois: 90.5% 7,931,250 (±0.3% / ±22,974.6)
24.3% ±4.7% (1,133  ±230.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Carbondale, IL Micro Area: 36.3% 11,475 (±1.8% / ±555.2)
  • about two-thirds of 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

2.1% ±1.5% (144  ±102) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Carbondale, IL Micro Area: 5.7% 3,012
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Illinois: 14.8% 1,872,449

5.2% ±1.9% (278  ±102) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in the Carbondale, IL Micro Area: 5% † 2,159 (±0.6% / ±247)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 4.8% 478,196 (±0.1% / ±4,766)
278 Total veterans ±102 270 Male ±102 8 Female ±13

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