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Meridian Community Unit School District 15, IL

5,293 Population
137.1 square miles 38.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.3 ±6 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Macon County: 40.9 ±0.4
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Illinois: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$45,579 ±$4,358 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Macon County: $35,850 ±$1,040
  • about the same as the amount in Illinois: $45,104 ±$196
$78,934 ±$7,344 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Macon County: $62,449 ±$2,164
  • a little less than the amount in Illinois: $81,702 ±$363

3.8% ±1.3% (201  ±68) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Macon County: 14.7% 14,562 (±1.2% / ±1,185)
  • about one-third of the rate in Illinois: 11.7% 1,454,217 (±0.2% / ±18,530)

25.6 minutes ±1.9 (61,985  ±8,343) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Macon County: 18.9 752,830 (±0.7 / ±34,912)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Illinois: 28.1 148,440,910 (±0.1 / ±701,124)

Families

2,307 ±203 Number of households
  • Macon County: 43,334 ±542
  • Illinois: 5,001,904 ±7,673
2.3 ±0.3 (5,267  ±413) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Macon County: 2.3 99,432 (±0 / ±38)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,414,044

11% ±5.6% (117  ±62) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Macon County: 9.3% † 2,088 (±1.7% / ±382)
  • more than double the rate in Illinois: 5% 150,099 (±0.1% / ±3,035)

Housing

2,454 ±200 Number of housing units
  • Macon County: 49,699 ±77
  • Illinois: 5,443,501 ±767

$144,200 ±$9,233 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Macon County: $121,800 ±$3,571
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Illinois: $250,500 ±$863

9% ±2.8% (467  ±148.2) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Macon County: 13.1% † 13,247 (±1.5% / ±1,502.2)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Illinois: 11.5% 1,442,284 (±0.1% / ±14,975.1)

Social

94.8% ±10.1% (3,738  ±282) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Macon County: 93.1% 65,811 (±2.3% / ±1,615.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in Illinois: 90.3% 7,887,284 (±0.3% / ±22,684.6)
26.4% ±3.4% (1,042  ±155) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Macon County: 24.1% 17,064 (±1.3% / ±884.1)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Illinois: 37.2% 3,249,494 (±0.2% / ±13,788.4)

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

0.4% ±0.4% (23  ±21) Foreign-born population
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Macon County: 2.8% 2,831
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Illinois: 14.5% 1,833,810

6% ±1.6% (248  ±70) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Macon County: 7.1% 5,623 (±0.6% / ±477)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 5% 493,667 (±0.1% / ±4,919)
248 Total veterans ±70 245 Male ±70 3 Female ±5

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