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Putnam County Community Unit School District 535, IL

5,133 Population
138.5 square miles 37.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43 ±1.4 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Putnam County: 47.4 ±0.9
  • 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

$40,046 ±$3,095 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Putnam County: $40,375 ±$2,916
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Illinois: $46,406 ±$212
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$77,593 ±$7,047 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Putnam County: $75,590 ±$4,927
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Illinois: $83,390 ±$362
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

7.8% ±2.3% (399  ±116) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in Putnam County: 8.1% † 451 (±2.2% / ±122)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Illinois: 11.8% 1,464,937 (±0.2% / ±18,161)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

26.3 minutes ±2 (57,705  ±6,015) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Putnam County: 28.1 67,790 (±2.4 / ±7,333)
  • 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

2,180 ±132 Number of households
  • Putnam County: 2,465 ±137
  • Illinois: 5,036,449 ±8,009
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.2 (5,127  ±127) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Putnam County: 2.3 5,595 (±0.1 / ±7)
  • a little less than the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,405,980
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

6.8% ±3.7% (68  ±37) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in Putnam County: 6.8% † 68 (±3.7% / ±37)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Illinois: 4.9% 147,208 (±0.1% / ±3,564)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

2,506 ±123 Number of housing units
  • Putnam County: 3,090 ±28
  • Illinois: 5,457,452 ±471
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$169,000 ±$8,698 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Putnam County: $172,700 ±$10,245
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Illinois: $263,300 ±$797
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

10.4% ±2.7% (526  ±136.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Putnam County: 11.7% † 647 (±3% / ±166.7)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Illinois: 11.1% 1,396,426 (±0.1% / ±14,640.6)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

94.9% ±5.2% (3,475  ±219.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Putnam County: 94.2% 3,888 (±5.8% / ±243.5)
  • 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)
20.9% ±2.9% (764  ±107.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Putnam County: 22.9% † 944 (±3.2% / ±133.1)
  • 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

1.6% ±0.7% (83  ±35) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Putnam County: 1.8% 101
  • about 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

7.4% ±1.6% (299  ±65) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Putnam County: 7.2% † 324 (±1.5% / ±68)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Illinois: 4.8% 478,196 (±0.1% / ±4,766)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
299 Total veterans ±65 282 Male ±62 17 Female ±17

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