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Cobden School Unit District 17, IL

3,268 Population
86.2 square miles 37.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

49.9 ±3.9 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Union County: 44.3 ±0.5
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Illinois: 39 ±0.1
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$29,299 ±$4,216 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Union County: $31,657 ±$1,946
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Illinois: $46,406 ±$212
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$51,607 ±$6,253 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Union County: $55,728 ±$5,408
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Illinois: $83,390 ±$362
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

16.7% ±4.4% (536  ±150) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Union County: 20.2% † 3,351 (±2.4% / ±396)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Illinois: 11.8% 1,464,937 (±0.2% / ±18,161)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

26.6 minutes ±6.6 (29,745  ±5,050) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Union County: 24.4 153,845 (±1.2 / ±12,512)
  • 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

1,320 ±175 Number of households
  • Union County: 6,868 ±238
  • Illinois: 5,036,449 ±8,009
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.4 (3,190  ±312) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Union County: 2.4 16,125 (±0.1 / ±59)
  • about the same as the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,405,980
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

7% ±5.5% (39  ±31) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Union County: 5.7% † 191 (±2.6% / ±86)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Illinois: 4.9% 147,208 (±0.1% / ±3,564)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,610 ±179 Number of housing units
  • Union County: 7,851 ±34
  • Illinois: 5,457,452 ±471
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$114,500 ±$18,019 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Union County: $131,700 ±$11,589
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Illinois: $263,300 ±$797
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

5.8% ±2.8% (188  ±92.9) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Union County: 8.4% † 1,407 (±1.9% / ±325)
  • about half the rate in Illinois: 11.1% 1,396,426 (±0.1% / ±14,640.6)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

84.8% ±4.5% (2,042  ±234.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Union County: 87.5% 10,674 (±4.6% / ±569.4)
  • a little less than the rate in Illinois: 90.5% 7,931,250 (±0.3% / ±22,974.6)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
22.6% ±4.5% (545  ±120.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Union County: 20.9% † 2,556 (±2.2% / ±275.1)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Illinois: 37.9% 3,318,149 (±0.2% / ±14,295.2)
  • about three-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

8.1% ±2.4% (264  ±81) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Union County: 3% 502
  • about half the rate in Illinois: 14.8% 1,872,449
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

8.1% ±3.2% (216  ±87) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Union County: 7.6% † 1,018 (±1.1% / ±143)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Illinois: 4.8% 478,196 (±0.1% / ±4,766)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
216 Total veterans ±87 202 Male ±89 14 Female ±9

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