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Watseka, IL Urban Area

4,780 Population
2.9 square miles 1,667.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

47.7 ±4.3 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$27,210 ±$2,763 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$43,608 ±$4,318 Median household income
  • about half the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

23.4% ±6.7% (1,078  ±317) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

18.1 minutes ±2.2 (33,160  ±6,034) 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

2,277 ±188 Number of households
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.1 ±0.2 (4,662  ±299) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

8.6% ±8.1% (75  ±72) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

2,440 ±181 Number of housing units
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$103,700 ±$17,358 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

17.8% ±6.8% (851  ±326.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

86.9% ±8.2% (2,928  ±338.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
12.2% ±3.1% (411  ±109) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • 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

3.3% ±1.9% (158  ±93) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.9% ±2.3% (260  ±87) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
260 Total veterans ±87 236 Male ±78 24 Female ±33

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