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Galesburg Community Unit School District 205, IL

32,619 Population
125.8 square miles 259.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.7 ±1.3 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Knox County: 42.6 ±0.4
  • 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

$28,504 ±$1,487 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Knox County: $31,878 ±$1,182
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Illinois: $46,406 ±$212
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$50,893 ±$2,196 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Knox County: $57,030 ±$3,310
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Illinois: $83,390 ±$362
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

17.9% ±2% (5,203  ±592) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Knox County: 14.6% † 6,599 (±1.6% / ±707)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Illinois: 11.8% 1,464,937 (±0.2% / ±18,161)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

16.7 minutes ±1.8 (210,315  ±24,846) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Knox County: 20.4 399,770 (±1.5 / ±31,559)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Illinois: 27.8 143,793,920 (±0.1 / ±595,293)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

13,884 ±409 Number of households
  • Knox County: 20,972 ±403
  • Illinois: 5,036,449 ±8,009
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.1 ±0.1 (28,843  ±506) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Knox County: 2.2 45,077 (±0 / ±190)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,405,980
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

6% ±2.3% (390  ±153) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in Knox County: 5.7% † 552 (±1.8% / ±173)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 4.9% 147,208 (±0.1% / ±3,564)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

15,530 ±382 Number of housing units
  • Knox County: 23,758 ±93
  • Illinois: 5,457,452 ±471
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$102,200 ±$6,644 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Knox County: $111,900 ±$4,687
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Illinois: $263,300 ±$797
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

11.9% ±1.7% (3,850  ±565.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Knox County: 10.2% † 4,940 (±1.2% / ±598.7)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 11.1% 1,396,426 (±0.1% / ±14,640.6)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

87.4% ±3.4% (19,730  ±873.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Knox County: 89.9% 30,837 (±2.9% / ±1,004.4)
  • 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)
20.4% ±1.8% (4,618  ±426.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Knox County: 21% 7,190 (±1.4% / ±485)
  • about half 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

4.4% ±0.8% (1,439  ±254) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Knox County: 3.2% 1,562
  • about one-third of the rate in Illinois: 14.8% 1,872,449
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7.1% ±1% (1,873  ±261) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Knox County: 7.3% † 2,858 (±0.7% / ±285)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Illinois: 4.8% 478,196 (±0.1% / ±4,766)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,873 Total veterans ±261 1,759 Male ±269 114 Female ±62

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