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Murphysboro, IL

6,804 Population
5.2 square miles 1,296.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40 ±3.4 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in the Carbondale, IL Micro Area: 32.9 ±0.3
  • a little higher than the figure in Illinois: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$28,303 ±$2,468 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Carbondale, IL Micro Area: $30,227 ±$1,599
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Illinois: $45,104 ±$196
$42,367 ±$8,632 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Carbondale, IL Micro Area: $45,572 ±$3,777
  • about half the amount in Illinois: $81,702 ±$363

16.4% ±6% (1,085  ±399) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Carbondale, IL Micro Area: 21.8% 10,753 (±2.1% / ±1,021)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Illinois: 11.7% 1,454,217 (±0.2% / ±18,530)

21.6 minutes ±3.6 (59,145  ±12,508) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Carbondale, IL Micro Area: 20.2 402,620 (±1 / ±24,891)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Illinois: 28.1 148,440,910 (±0.1 / ±701,124)

Families

3,390 ±237 Number of households
  • the Carbondale, IL Micro Area: 23,088 ±418
  • Illinois: 5,001,904 ±7,673
1.9 ±0.2 (6,562  ±252) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Carbondale, IL Micro Area: 2.1 49,093 (±0 / ±42)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,414,044

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

3,930 ±241 Number of housing units
  • the Carbondale, IL Micro Area: 27,750 ±49
  • Illinois: 5,443,501 ±767

$79,600 ±$9,289 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Carbondale, IL Micro Area: $125,000 ±$7,819
  • about one-third of the amount in Illinois: $250,500 ±$863

14.1% ±5.2% (962  ±355.5) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Carbondale, IL Micro Area: 21.4% 11,130 (±1.8% / ±937.1)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 11.5% 1,442,284 (±0.1% / ±14,975.1)

Social

88.7% ±7.7% (4,243  ±450.3) 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)
  • about the same as the rate in Illinois: 90.3% 7,887,284 (±0.3% / ±22,684.6)
19.4% ±3.6% (927  ±179.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in the Carbondale, IL Micro Area: 35.1% 11,148 (±1.9% / ±590.3)
  • about half 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

5.8% ±2.4% (396  ±167) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in the Carbondale, IL Micro Area: 5.8% 3,028
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Illinois: 14.5% 1,833,810

7.7% ±2.5% (416  ±137) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Carbondale, IL Micro Area: 5.7% † 2,412 (±0.8% / ±323)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Illinois: 5% 493,667 (±0.1% / ±4,919)
416 Total veterans ±137 405 Male ±139 11 Female ±19

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