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Piatt County, IL

Demographic and economic profile of Piatt County, IL, sourced from the US Census Bureau (American Community Survey) via Data USA.

AI Overview

Piatt County is a small, agriculture-adjacent Illinois county of 16,702 residents that recorded modest population growth of 1.7% over five years. Its workforce is largely native-born (1.7% foreign-born) with a 96.0% high school attainment rate and 31.9% holding a bachelor's degree or higher, while a 3.3% unemployment rate and median household income of $94,811 signal relatively stable household finances. Housing costs remain low—median home value of $173,200 and median gross rent of $950/month—against a high homeownership rate of 85.4% and a poverty rate of just 5.9%.

Claude Sonnet 4.6 · generated Jul 6, 2026 · derived from cached Census, BEA & ACS data on this page

Population

16,702

Census ACS · as of 2023

Median Household Income

$94,811

Data USA · as of 2024

Median Age

42.8 yrs

Data USA · as of 2024

Population Growth (5-year)

+1.7% since 2018

Piatt County added population at this rate over the prior 5-year ACS5 window.

Demographics

Race & Ethnicity

  • White Alone15,860 (95.0%)
  • Black or African American Alone240 (1.4%)
  • Two Races Excluding Some Other Race, & Three or More Races187 (1.1%)
  • Two Races Including Some Other Race163 (1.0%)
  • Some Other Race Alone125 (0.7%)
  • Asian Alone106 (0.6%)

Data USA · as of 2024

Top Languages Spoken at Home

  1. 1.Spanish202
  2. 2.German or other West Germanic58
  3. 3.French (incl. Cajun, Haitian)35
  4. 4.Tagalog (incl. Filipino)22
  5. 5.Other Indo-European19

Census ACS · as of 2023

Population Under 18

21.9%

Census ACS · as of 2023

Working-Age (18–64)

57.6%

Census ACS · as of 2023

Population 65 and Over

20.5%

Census ACS · as of 2023

Foreign-Born Population

1.7%

Data USA · as of 2024

Veterans

875

Data USA · as of 2024

Economy

GDP per Capita

$30,805

Data USA · as of 2023

Cost of Living Index

—

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Per Capita Income

$43,547

Census ACS · as of 2023

Unemployment Rate

3.3%

Census ACS · as of 2023

Poverty Rate

5.9%

Census ACS · as of 2023

Top Industries

  1. 1.Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance2,504
  2. 2.Retail Trade (Group)1,050
  3. 3.Manufacturing (Group)777
  4. 4.Construction (Group)718
  5. 5.Professional, Scientific, & Management, & Administrative & Waste Management Services702

Data USA · as of 2024

Top Occupations

  1. 1.Management, Business, Science, & Arts Occupations3,264
  2. 2.Sales & Office Occupations1,901
  3. 3.Service Occupations1,283
  4. 4.Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations1,095
  5. 5.Natural Resources, Construction, & Maintenance Occupations959

Data USA · as of 2024

Specialized Industries (Location Quotient)

  1. 1.Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting, & Mining (LQ 3.43×)460
  2. 2.Educational Services & Health Care (LQ 1.31×)2,583
  3. 3.Retail Trade (LQ 1.19×)1,091
  4. 4.Finance, Insurance, & Real Estate (LQ 1.08×)607
  5. 5.Wholesale Trade (LQ 1.07×)208

Census ACS · as of 2023

Housing

Median Home Value

$173,200

Census ACS · as of 2023

Median Gross Rent

$950/mo

Census ACS · as of 2023

Homeownership Rate

84.8%

Data USA · as of 2024

Home Value Distribution

  • $200,000 to $249,999847 (14.4%)
  • $150,000 to $174,999823 (14.0%)
  • $300,000 to $399,999823 (14.0%)
  • $100,000 to $124,999563 (9.6%)
  • $125,000 to $149,999403 (6.9%)
  • $250,000 to $299,999402 (6.8%)

Data USA · as of 2024

Education

Bachelor's Degree or Higher

31.9%

Census ACS · as of 2023

High School Diploma or Higher

96.0%

Census ACS · as of 2023

Workforce

Labor Force Participation

64.7%

Census ACS · as of 2023

Median Worker Earnings

$48,047

Census ACS · as of 2023

Mean Commute Time

24.0 min

Data USA · as of 2024

Households Without a Vehicle

1.6%

Census ACS · as of 2023

How People Get to Work

  • Drove Alone7,157 (84.6%)
  • Worked At Home621 (7.3%)
  • Carpooled479 (5.7%)
  • Walked144 (1.7%)
  • Other35 (0.4%)
  • Bicycle11 (0.1%)

Data USA · as of 2024

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Data: US Census Bureau American Community Survey, served via Data USA and the Census Bureau API. See each metric tile for the specific dataset.