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Oblong, IL

1,634 Population
1.1 square miles 1,505.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.7 ±9.4 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Crawford County: 42.6 ±0.5
  • about the same as the figure in Illinois: 39 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$28,339 ±$5,499 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Crawford County: $36,486 ±$2,151
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Illinois: $46,406 ±$212
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$57,917 ±$5,047 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Crawford County: $71,674 ±$4,697
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Illinois: $83,390 ±$362
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

13.9% ±5.9% (219  ±98) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Crawford County: 12.1% † 2,073 (±2.5% / ±431)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 11.8% 1,464,937 (±0.2% / ±18,161)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

16.6 minutes ±0.8 (12,195  ±2,713) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Crawford County: 18.1 † 139,835 (±1.8 / ±15,059)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Illinois: 27.8 143,793,920 (±0.1 / ±595,293)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

680 ±116 Number of households
  • Crawford County: 7,492 ±180
  • Illinois: 5,036,449 ±8,009
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.5 (1,567  ±228) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Crawford County: 2.3 17,216 (±0.1 / ±44)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,405,980
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4.5% ±3.7% (17  ±15) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Crawford County: 3.2% † 111 (±1.6% / ±57)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Illinois: 4.9% 147,208 (±0.1% / ±3,564)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

744 ±122 Number of housing units
  • Crawford County: 8,457 ±76
  • Illinois: 5,457,452 ±471
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$83,100 ±$9,195 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Crawford County: $121,100 ±$11,622
  • about one-third of the amount in Illinois: $263,300 ±$797
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

9% ±5.9% (145  ±97.8) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Crawford County: 11.6% † 2,140 (±2% / ±366.2)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Illinois: 11.1% 1,396,426 (±0.1% / ±14,640.6)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

94.4% ±7.4% (1,070  ±174.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Crawford County: 90.5% 12,119 (±4.6% / ±624.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in Illinois: 90.5% 7,931,250 (±0.3% / ±22,974.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
11.3% ±3.1% (128  ±39.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Crawford County: 20.6% † 2,757 (±2.2% / ±299.4)
  • about one-third of the rate in Illinois: 37.9% 3,318,149 (±0.2% / ±14,295.2)
  • about one-third 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

0.1% ±0.2% (1  ±4) Foreign-born population
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Crawford County: 1.2% 219
  • Illinois: 14.8% 1,872,449
  • United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7.5% ±2.2% (96  ±31) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Crawford County: 7.9% † 1,170 (±1.3% / ±185)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Illinois: 4.8% 478,196 (±0.1% / ±4,766)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
96 Total veterans ±31 93 Male ±30 3 Female ±5

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