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Bement Community Unit School District 5, IL

2,242 Population
92.2 square miles 24.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44 ±4.6 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Piatt County: 42.8 ±1.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Illinois: 39 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$34,943 ±$3,003 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Piatt County: $46,739 ±$2,619
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Illinois: $46,406 ±$212
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$78,958 ±$12,970 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Piatt County: $94,811 ±$8,069
  • a little less than the amount in Illinois: $83,390 ±$362
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

7.2% ±2.1% (159  ±51) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Piatt County: 6.1% † 1,018 (±1.6% / ±263)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Illinois: 11.8% 1,464,937 (±0.2% / ±18,161)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

25.1 minutes ±3.5 (29,275  ±6,315) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Piatt County: 24 188,525 (±1.6 / ±14,088)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Illinois: 27.8 143,793,920 (±0.1 / ±595,293)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

938 ±113 Number of households
  • Piatt County: 6,924 ±149
  • Illinois: 5,036,449 ±8,009
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.1 (2,206  ±284) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Piatt County: 2.4 16,537 (±0.1 / ±5)
  • a little less than the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,405,980
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

0.4% ±0.7% (2  ±4) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Piatt County: 4.3% † 147 (±3.2% / ±109)
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Illinois: 4.9% 147,208 (±0.1% / ±3,564)
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,021 ±119 Number of housing units
  • Piatt County: 7,412 ±37
  • Illinois: 5,457,452 ±471
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$106,900 ±$8,464 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Piatt County: $180,600 ±$13,539
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Illinois: $263,300 ±$797
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

8.6% ±3.4% (193  ±78.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Piatt County: 9.5% † 1,583 (±2.5% / ±418.4)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Illinois: 11.1% 1,396,426 (±0.1% / ±14,640.6)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

96.5% ±15.9% (1,556  ±160.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Piatt County: 96.3% 11,535 (±5.2% / ±623.5)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 90.5% 7,931,250 (±0.3% / ±22,974.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
17.1% ±3.5% (275  ±65.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Piatt County: 32.9% 3,942 (±3.1% / ±370.4)
  • about half the rate in Illinois: 37.9% 3,318,149 (±0.2% / ±14,295.2)
  • about half 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

2.1% ±1.9% (46  ±43) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Piatt County: 1.7% 291
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Illinois: 14.8% 1,872,449
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7.5% ±2.5% (136  ±48) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Piatt County: 6.7% † 875 (±1.1% / ±147)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Illinois: 4.8% 478,196 (±0.1% / ±4,766)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
136 Total veterans ±48 135 Male ±48 1 Female ±2

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