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Congressional District 3, IL

732,771 Population
153.8 square miles 4,763 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.4 ±0.8 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Illinois: 39.4 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$45,285 ±$1,877 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Illinois: $46,937 ±$406
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$87,098 ±$3,516 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Illinois: $83,211 ±$898
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

11.9% ±1.5% (86,027  ±11,217) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in Illinois: 11.6% 1,438,470 (±0.3% / ±31,443)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

33.6 minutes ±0.6 (10,574,860  ±430,793) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Illinois: 28.3 154,658,770 (±0.2 / ±1,330,777)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

270,654 ±6,304 Number of households
  • Illinois: 5,105,448 ±12,305
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.7 ±0 (724,304  ±20,195) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Illinois: 2.4 12,417,746
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

5.2% ±1.1% (9,647  ±1,985) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 4.6% 138,998 (±0.2% / ±6,570)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

289,558 ±6,464 Number of housing units
  • Illinois: 5,482,133 ±1,080
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$367,300 ±$6,410 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Illinois: $280,700 ±$1,768
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

9.8% ±1.2% (71,100  ±8,728.3) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in Illinois: 10.2% 1,289,197 (±0.3% / ±31,884.1)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

84.7% ±1.1% (433,128  ±12,203.4) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Illinois: 90.7% 8,028,089 (±0.5% / ±45,818.4)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
39.9% ±1.1% (204,185  ±7,422.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Illinois: 39.2% 3,471,705 (±0.3% / ±28,867)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

48% ±2.9% (331,078  ±21,895.1) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about double the rate in Illinois: 24.5% 2,953,673 (±0.3% / ±32,334.2)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 23% 74,050,850 (±0.1% / ±226,318.1)

28.5% ±1.5% (208,760  ±12,673) Foreign-born population
  • nearly double the rate in Illinois: 15.4% 1,957,482
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

2.7% ±0.4% (15,545  ±2,232) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Illinois: 4.5% 452,391 (±0.1% / ±11,018)
  • about half the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
15,545 Total veterans ±2,232 13,131 Male ±1,945 2,414 Female ±1,175

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