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Highland Community Unit School District 5, IL

18,561 Population
179 square miles 103.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.4 ±1.9 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Madison County: 40.2 ±0.3
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Illinois: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$47,667 ±$3,454 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Madison County: $40,869 ±$874
  • a little higher than the amount in Illinois: $45,104 ±$196
$87,942 ±$6,521 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Madison County: $74,800 ±$1,798
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Illinois: $81,702 ±$363

5.5% ±1.8% (997  ±328) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Madison County: 11.3% 29,306 (±0.8% / ±2,163)
  • about half the rate in Illinois: 11.7% 1,454,217 (±0.2% / ±18,530)

26.6 minutes ±2 (220,940  ±21,610) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Madison County: 25.2 2,851,505 (±0.4 / ±63,810)
  • a little less than the figure in Illinois: 28.1 148,440,910 (±0.1 / ±701,124)

Families

7,889 ±315 Number of households
  • Madison County: 109,385 ±836
  • Illinois: 5,001,904 ±7,673
2.3 ±0.1 (18,300  ±405) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Madison County: 2.4 259,599 (±0 / ±89)
  • a little less than the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,414,044

4.3% ±1.7% (164  ±65) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Madison County: 4.8% † 2,883 (±0.7% / ±404)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Illinois: 5% 150,099 (±0.1% / ±3,035)

Housing

8,281 ±353 Number of housing units
  • Madison County: 118,942 ±81
  • Illinois: 5,443,501 ±767

$216,100 ±$9,978 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Madison County: $167,900 ±$3,681
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Illinois: $250,500 ±$863

11.8% ±3.2% (2,167  ±589.2) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Madison County: 11.9% 31,193 (±0.9% / ±2,247.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in Illinois: 11.5% 1,442,284 (±0.1% / ±14,975.1)

Social

95.8% ±5.4% (12,771  ±846.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Madison County: 93.7% 172,862 (±1.7% / ±3,117.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in Illinois: 90.3% 7,887,284 (±0.3% / ±22,684.6)
33.4% ±3.5% (4,447  ±491.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Madison County: 30.8% 56,792 (±1% / ±1,804)
  • about 90 percent 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

3.6% ±1.8% (664  ±341) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Madison County: 2.2% 5,881
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Illinois: 14.5% 1,833,810

9.6% ±1.6% (1,413  ±241) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Madison County: 8.3% 17,249 (±0.5% / ±958)
  • nearly double the rate in Illinois: 5% 493,667 (±0.1% / ±4,919)
1,413 Total veterans ±241 1,322 Male ±224 91 Female ±58

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