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Porta Community Unit School District 202, IL

6,880 Population
174.2 square miles 39.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.9 ±2.7 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Menard County: 42.8 ±1.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Illinois: 39 ±0.1
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$44,122 ±$6,276 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Menard County: $41,446 ±$3,500
  • a little less than the amount in Illinois: $46,406 ±$212
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$81,500 ±$4,585 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Menard County: $82,176 ±$3,121
  • about the same as the amount in Illinois: $83,390 ±$362
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

12% ±4.7% (810  ±324) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Menard County: 10.1% † 1,210 (±2.9% / ±349)
  • about the same as the rate in Illinois: 11.8% 1,464,937 (±0.2% / ±18,161)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

27.9 minutes ±2.3 (72,175  ±10,502) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Menard County: 26.1 129,035 (±1.5 / ±10,782)
  • about the same as the figure in Illinois: 27.8 143,793,920 (±0.1 / ±595,293)
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

2,984 ±172 Number of households
  • Menard County: 5,228 ±116
  • Illinois: 5,036,449 ±8,009
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.1 (6,770  ±464) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Menard County: 2.3 11,985 (±0.1 / ±14)
  • 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

5.7% ±3.5% (80  ±50) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Menard County: 5.1% † 127 (±2.4% / ±61)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 4.9% 147,208 (±0.1% / ±3,564)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

3,221 ±181 Number of housing units
  • Menard County: 5,600 ±25
  • Illinois: 5,457,452 ±471
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$189,700 ±$8,554 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Menard County: $185,500 ±$8,458
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Illinois: $263,300 ±$797
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

8% ±2.9% (544  ±200.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Menard County: 6.5% † 783 (±1.8% / ±210.8)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Illinois: 11.1% 1,396,426 (±0.1% / ±14,640.6)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

94.5% ±5% (4,708  ±360.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Menard County: 95% 8,188 (±5.3% / ±463.5)
  • a little higher than 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)
28.5% ±3.7% (1,419  ±201.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Menard County: 28.3% † 2,439 (±3.1% / ±271.2)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Illinois: 37.9% 3,318,149 (±0.2% / ±14,295.2)
  • about 80 percent 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

1.1% ±0.9% (75  ±63) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Menard County: 0.9% 111
  • less than 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

9.7% ±2% (527  ±113) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Menard County: 9.4% † 885 (±1.6% / ±147)
  • about double the rate in Illinois: 4.8% 478,196 (±0.1% / ±4,766)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
527 Total veterans ±113 511 Male ±112 16 Female ±14

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