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Ruma, IL

394 Population
0.7 square miles 531.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.9 ±10.4 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Randolph County: 43.7 ±0.5
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Illinois: 39 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$39,282 ±$11,420 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Randolph County: $32,715 ±$1,348
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Illinois: $46,406 ±$212
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$75,000 ±$18,704 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Randolph County: $68,131 ±$3,611
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Illinois: $83,390 ±$362
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

4.6% ±4.1% (18  ±17) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-third of the rate in Randolph County: 14.6% † 3,972 (±2% / ±553)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Illinois: 11.8% 1,464,937 (±0.2% / ±18,161)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

23.4 minutes ±1.8 (4,685  ±1,687) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Randolph County: 23.1 267,205 (±1.3 / ±17,296)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Illinois: 27.8 143,793,920 (±0.1 / ±595,293)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

148 ±40 Number of households
  • Randolph County: 11,945 ±226
  • Illinois: 5,036,449 ±8,009
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.3 (375  ±113) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Randolph County: 2.3 26,880 (±0 / ±115)
  • a little higher than the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,405,980
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

10.8% ±14.2% (8  ±11) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Randolph County: 7.1% † 383 (±1.9% / ±101)
  • more than double the rate in Illinois: 4.9% 147,208 (±0.1% / ±3,564)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

156 ±40 Number of housing units
  • Randolph County: 13,422 ±73
  • Illinois: 5,457,452 ±471
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$125,600 ±$41,027 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Randolph County: $135,100 ±$10,002
  • about half the amount in Illinois: $263,300 ±$797
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

21% ±17.4% (82  ±71.7) Moved since previous year
  • nearly double the rate in Randolph County: 11.1% † 3,285 (±1.6% / ±473.9)
  • nearly double the rate in Illinois: 11.1% 1,396,426 (±0.1% / ±14,640.6)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

84.3% ±32.8% (226  ±59.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Randolph County: 87.1% 19,099 (±3.2% / ±709.7)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Illinois: 90.5% 7,931,250 (±0.3% / ±22,974.6)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
11.2% ±11% (30  ±30.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Randolph County: 15.3% 3,343 (±1.5% / ±321.2)
  • 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

0.5% ±1.3% (2  ±5) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Randolph County: 2.5% 736
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Illinois: 14.8% 1,872,449
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

10.3% ±11.3% (29  ±33) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Randolph County: 7.9% † 1,891 (±0.9% / ±206)
  • more than double the rate in Illinois: 4.8% 478,196 (±0.1% / ±4,766)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
29 Total veterans ±33 21 Male ±21 8 Female ±13

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