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Mattoon, IL Urban Area

17,156 Population
8.3 square miles 2,056.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.3 ±3.1 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$29,960 ±$1,994 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$53,286 ±$4,591 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

20.6% ±4.5% (3,431  ±751) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

18.4 minutes ±2 (126,680  ±17,455) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

8,253 ±319 Number of households
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2 ±0.1 (16,712  ±468) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4.8% ±3.1% (181  ±117) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

9,050 ±350 Number of housing units
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$101,100 ±$7,799 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

15.4% ±3.8% (2,616  ±649.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

89.8% ±4.5% (10,906  ±727.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
21.7% ±3.1% (2,639  ±388.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths 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

1.9% ±1.4% (322  ±233) Foreign-born population
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6% ±1.6% (817  ±216) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
817 Total veterans ±216 767 Male ±210 50 Female ±32

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