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Bushnell-Prairie City Community Unit School District 170, IL

3,723 Population
133 square miles 28 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

48 ±4.6 Median age
  • about 1.4 times the figure in McDonough County: 34.9 ±0.6
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Illinois: 39 ±0.1
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$36,216 ±$3,681 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in McDonough County: $32,219 ±$1,751
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Illinois: $46,406 ±$212
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$68,642 ±$7,441 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in McDonough County: $52,795 ±$2,946
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Illinois: $83,390 ±$362
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

9.8% ±3.3% (360  ±122) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in McDonough County: 17.2% † 4,194 (±2.1% / ±500)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Illinois: 11.8% 1,464,937 (±0.2% / ±18,161)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

26.1 minutes ±4.5 (48,610  ±10,473) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.4 times the figure in McDonough County: 18.6 218,995 (±1.5 / ±19,485)
  • a little less than the figure in Illinois: 27.8 143,793,920 (±0.1 / ±595,293)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,662 ±142 Number of households
  • McDonough County: 11,856 ±321
  • Illinois: 5,036,449 ±8,009
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.2 (3,633  ±196) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in McDonough County: 2.1 24,249 (±0.1 / ±36)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,405,980
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

8.4% ±7.4% (68  ±61) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about double the rate in McDonough County: 4.1% † 280 (±1.5% / ±103)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Illinois: 4.9% 147,208 (±0.1% / ±3,564)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,930 ±176 Number of housing units
  • McDonough County: 13,587 ±47
  • Illinois: 5,457,452 ±471
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$84,700 ±$8,654 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in McDonough County: $107,500 ±$6,960
  • about one-third of the amount in Illinois: $263,300 ±$797
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

9.3% ±3.8% (342  ±139.7) Moved since previous year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in McDonough County: 22.8% † 6,069 (±3% / ±795)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Illinois: 11.1% 1,396,426 (±0.1% / ±14,640.6)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

92.2% ±6.3% (2,570  ±276.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in McDonough County: 94.2% 15,514 (±4.2% / ±707.7)
  • about the same as the rate in Illinois: 90.5% 7,931,250 (±0.3% / ±22,974.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
15% ±4% (418  ±115.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in McDonough County: 31.4% 5,175 (±2.6% / ±428.1)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Illinois: 37.9% 3,318,149 (±0.2% / ±14,295.2)
  • about two-fifths 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

1.5% ±0.9% (54  ±35) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in McDonough County: 2.7% 714
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Illinois: 14.8% 1,872,449
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

8.5% ±3% (266  ±95) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in McDonough County: 5.2% † 1,153 (±0.8% / ±178)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Illinois: 4.8% 478,196 (±0.1% / ±4,766)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
266 Total veterans ±95 258 Male ±94 8 Female ±9

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