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Meridian Community Unit School District 101, IL

3,092 Population
96.6 square miles 32 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.9 ±4.8 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Pulaski County: 43 ±1.5
  • 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

$22,452 ±$2,603 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Pulaski County: $24,074 ±$1,599
  • about half the amount in Illinois: $46,406 ±$212
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$37,014 ±$8,048 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Pulaski County: $42,463 † ±$5,028
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Illinois: $83,390 ±$362
  • about half the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

30.6% ±8% (933  ±253) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Pulaski County: 25% † 1,201 (±5.6% / ±268)
  • more than double the rate in Illinois: 11.8% 1,464,937 (±0.2% / ±18,161)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

31 minutes ±2.2 (25,655  ±5,264) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Pulaski County: 29.4 41,420 (±2.3 / ±5,846)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Illinois: 27.8 143,793,920 (±0.1 / ±595,293)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,199 ±113 Number of households
  • Pulaski County: 1,940 ±115
  • Illinois: 5,036,449 ±8,009
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.6 ±0.3 (3,092  ±225) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Pulaski County: 2.5 4,826 (±0.2 / ±18)
  • a little higher than the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,405,980
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

1.4% ±1.5% (9  ±10) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Pulaski County: 1.8% † 19 (±1.1% / ±12)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Illinois: 4.9% 147,208 (±0.1% / ±3,564)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,765 ±109 Number of housing units
  • Pulaski County: 2,851 ±19
  • Illinois: 5,457,452 ±471
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$85,800 ±$15,853 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Pulaski County: $85,100 † ±$11,565
  • about one-third of the amount in Illinois: $263,300 ±$797
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

10.6% ±5.8% (324  ±178.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Pulaski County: 12% † 596 (±4% / ±196.8)
  • a little less than the rate in Illinois: 11.1% 1,396,426 (±0.1% / ±14,640.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

85.3% ±7% (1,763  ±203) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Pulaski County: 87.6% 3,013 (±6.5% / ±233.5)
  • 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)
11.7% ±4.1% (242  ±87.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Pulaski County: 13% † 447 (±3.2% / ±110)
  • about one-third of the rate in Illinois: 37.9% 3,318,149 (±0.2% / ±14,295.2)
  • about one-third 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

0.7% ±0.8% (20  ±24) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Pulaski County: 0.5% 27
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Illinois: 14.8% 1,872,449
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

11.3% ±2.5% (267  ±62) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Pulaski County: 11.5% † 458 (±2.2% / ±87)
  • more than double the rate in Illinois: 4.8% 478,196 (±0.1% / ±4,766)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
267 Total veterans ±62 259 Male ±61 8 Female ±10

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