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Schuyler County, IL

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

AI Overview

Schuyler County is a small, rural Illinois county of 6,826 residents with a heavily owner-occupied housing stock (79.5% homeownership) and a median home value of just $106,200, signaling low occupancy costs for employers and workers alike. The labor force is limited—participation stands at 52.7%—and skews older, with a median age of 49.1 years and only 18.9% holding a bachelor's degree, though 92.0% have a high school diploma and median worker earnings run $40,887. The county faces headwinds including a 3.4% population decline over five years, a 6.2% unemployment rate, and a 19.3% poverty rate, pointing to a constrained and contracting workforce pool.

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

Population

6,826

Census ACS · as of 2023

Median Household Income

$65,948

Data USA · as of 2024

Median Age

49.1 yrs

Data USA · as of 2024

Population Growth (5-year)

-3.4% since 2018

Schuyler County lost population at this rate over the prior 5-year ACS5 window.

Demographics

Race & Ethnicity

  • White Alone6,222 (91.7%)
  • Black or African American Alone254 (3.7%)
  • Two Races Excluding Some Other Race, & Three or More Races161 (2.4%)
  • Two Races Including Some Other Race89 (1.3%)
  • Asian Alone44 (0.6%)
  • Some Other Race Alone17 (0.3%)

Data USA · as of 2024

Top Languages Spoken at Home

  1. 1.Spanish110
  2. 2.French (incl. Cajun, Haitian)38
  3. 3.Other Indo-European25
  4. 4.Tagalog (incl. Filipino)20
  5. 5.German or other West Germanic11

Census ACS · as of 2023

Population Under 18

17.3%

Census ACS · as of 2023

Working-Age (18–64)

57.6%

Census ACS · as of 2023

Population 65 and Over

25.2%

Census ACS · as of 2023

Foreign-Born Population

1.3%

Data USA · as of 2024

Veterans

641

Data USA · as of 2024

Economy

GDP per Capita

$33,375

Data USA · as of 2023

Cost of Living Index

—

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Per Capita Income

$33,077

Census ACS · as of 2023

Unemployment Rate

6.2%

Census ACS · as of 2023

Poverty Rate

19.3%

Census ACS · as of 2023

Top Industries

  1. 1.Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance703
  2. 2.Retail Trade (Group)369
  3. 3.Wholesale Trade (Group)284
  4. 4.Public Administration (Group)271
  5. 5.Manufacturing (Group)226

Data USA · as of 2024

Top Occupations

  1. 1.Management, Business, Science, & Arts Occupations1,011
  2. 2.Sales & Office Occupations576
  3. 3.Service Occupations560
  4. 4.Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations428
  5. 5.Natural Resources, Construction, & Maintenance Occupations264

Data USA · as of 2024

Specialized Industries (Location Quotient)

  1. 1.Wholesale Trade (LQ 4.96×)324
  2. 2.Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting, & Mining (LQ 3.93×)178
  3. 3.Public Administration (LQ 2.01×)270
  4. 4.Retail Trade (LQ 1.15×)356
  5. 5.Manufacturing (LQ 1.07×)301

Census ACS · as of 2023

Housing

Median Home Value

$106,200

Census ACS · as of 2023

Median Gross Rent

$836/mo

Census ACS · as of 2023

Homeownership Rate

79.4%

Data USA · as of 2024

Home Value Distribution

  • $100,000 to $124,999317 (14.6%)
  • $200,000 to $249,999207 (9.5%)
  • $90,000 to $99,999199 (9.2%)
  • $150,000 to $174,999195 (9.0%)
  • $50,000 to $59,999151 (7.0%)
  • $400,000 to $499,999127 (5.8%)

Data USA · as of 2024

Education

Bachelor's Degree or Higher

18.9%

Census ACS · as of 2023

High School Diploma or Higher

92.0%

Census ACS · as of 2023

Workforce

Labor Force Participation

52.7%

Census ACS · as of 2023

Median Worker Earnings

$40,887

Census ACS · as of 2023

Mean Commute Time

19.7 min

Data USA · as of 2024

Households Without a Vehicle

5.0%

Census ACS · as of 2023

How People Get to Work

  • Drove Alone2,421 (86.1%)
  • Worked At Home153 (5.4%)
  • Carpooled136 (4.8%)
  • Walked90 (3.2%)
  • Other11 (0.4%)
  • Public Transit0 (0.0%)

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.