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Springfield, IL Urban Area

156,240 Population
81.7 square miles 1,912 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.7 ±1.2 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$41,614 ±$2,168 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$70,627 ±$5,246 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

12.9% ±2.5% (19,718  ±3,779) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

18.1 minutes ±0.6 (1,204,505  ±48,907) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2022 5-year data
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.7 3,689,928,200 (±0 / ±7,200,288)

Families

70,357 ±2,229 Number of households
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.2 ±0.1 (152,596  ±3,449) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 † 326,701,630 (±4.2 / ±-555,555,600)

4.9% ±2.1% (1,828  ±791) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

77,643 ±1,496 Number of housing units
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$171,500 ±$7,647 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

12% ±2% (18,580  ±3,195.2) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±,198,133.8)

Social

96.1% ±4.2% (106,309  ±5,220.8) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±,278,776.4)
39.1% ±2.8% (43,245  ±3,214.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±,181,834.5)

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

4.8% ±1.1% (7,456  ±1,792) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 14.3% † 47,831,412 (±23.7% / ±190,469)

6.2% ±1% (7,611  ±1,257) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
7,611 Total veterans ±1,257 6,978 Male ±1,237 633 Female ±382

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