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Springfield, IL

112,327 Population
61.3 square miles 1,833.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.6 ±1.4 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in the Springfield, IL Metro Area: 42.4 ±0.6
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Illinois: 39.5 ±0.1

Economics

$41,269 ±$2,684 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Springfield, IL Metro Area: $41,792 ±$1,919
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Illinois: $45,043 ±$388
$63,849 ±$8,445 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Springfield, IL Metro Area: $72,201 ±$4,472
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Illinois: $80,306 ±$635

13.3% ±2.6% (14,539  ±2,881) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Springfield, IL Metro Area: 12.5% † 25,133 (±2.1% / ±4,303)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 11.6% 1,426,517 (±0.3% / ±30,335)

17.6 minutes ±0.6 (816,625  ±35,849) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2022 5-year data
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Springfield, IL Metro Area: 19.8 1,750,655 (±0.4 / ±47,976)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Illinois: 28.4 154,142,480 (±0.1 / ±641,806)

Families

51,843 ±1,954 Number of households
  • the Springfield, IL Metro Area: 91,114 ±2,273
  • Illinois: 5,071,288 ±14,337
2.1 ±0.1 (109,036  ±1,117) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Springfield, IL Metro Area: 2.2 201,240 (±0.1 / ±1,812)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Illinois: 2.4 † 12,271,503 (±,109.6 / ±-555,555,600)

3.4% ±2.4% (892  ±639) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Springfield, IL Metro Area: 4.9% † 2,263 (±1.8% / ±828)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Illinois: 4.8% 141,318 (±0.2% / ±5,490)

Housing

57,922 ±1,563 Number of housing units
  • the Springfield, IL Metro Area: 99,303 ±742
  • Illinois: 5,470,727 ±527

$165,000 ±$7,486 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Springfield, IL Metro Area: $177,200 ±$10,071
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Illinois: $263,300 ±$1,622

13.9% ±2.5% (15,565  ±2,840.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Springfield, IL Metro Area: 10.7% † 21,801 (±1.6% / ±3,274.2)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Illinois: 10.8% 1,344,235 (±0.3% / ±31,091.9)

Social

96% ±5.1% (77,417  ±4,650.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Springfield, IL Metro Area: 95.7% 138,790 (±3.8% / ±5,697.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in Illinois: 90.6% 7,888,008 (±0.5% / ±44,765.7)
37.5% ±3.1% (30,209  ±2,624.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Springfield, IL Metro Area: 37% 53,696 (±2.5% / ±3,597.7)
  • about the same as the rate in Illinois: 38.3% 3,334,374 (±0.3% / ±28,654.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

5.3% ±1.4% (5,996  ±1,617) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Springfield, IL Metro Area: 4% † 8,118 (±0.9% / ±1,830)
  • about one-third of the rate in Illinois: 15% † 1,878,890 (±,662.8% / ±26,918)

6.2% ±1.3% (5,625  ±1,196) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in the Springfield, IL Metro Area: 6.5% † 10,423 (±1% / ±1,553)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Illinois: 4.7% 459,569 (±0.1% / ±11,336)
5,625 Total veterans ±1,196 5,070 Male ±1,179 555 Female ±377

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