Urbana.
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Illinois·Champaign County
13 tracts·32K people·$185K median·2,683/mi²
White 53 · Black 19 · Asian 14 · Hispanic 10 · Multiracial 4 · Other 0
Living alone 48 · Other 27 · Married couple 25
Health 57 · Professional 11 · Retail 9 · Manufacturing 8 · Leisure 8 · Public admin 4 · Other 3
Management · business · science · arts 58 · Service 19 · Sales · office 13 · Production · transport 8 · Construction · maintenance 1
Drive alone 48 · Work from home 18 · Walk 16 · Carpool 16 · Transit 6 · Bike 3
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Rep-tract reading · FEMA National Risk Index, national ranks 0–100; the tick is the national median
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The median home value in Urbana is $184,900 (Census ACS 2020–2024) — 0.4× the US median of $458,812.
Urbana has 39,341 residents across 9 census tracts and 11 named neighborhoods (Census ACS 2020–2024).
The median age is 26.1; the population is 52.9% White, 18.6% Black, 14.2% Asian, 10.1% Hispanic or Latino, 3.8% Multiracial and 0.3% Other; the average household has 2.0 people; 56.8% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher; the poverty rate is 28.0% (Census ACS 2020–2024).
Leal Elem School (28%), Thomas Paine Elem School (7%) and M L King Jr Elem School (5%) lead the elementary schools; Urbana Middle School is the middle school with reported scores (11%); University of Illinois High Sch (94%) and Urbana High School (19%) lead the high schools. Average of ELA and math proficiency (state DOE / NCES).
Median gross rent is $972/month, 38% below the US median (Census ACS 2020–2024).
The median household income in Urbana is $45,346 a year, 47% below the US median (Census ACS 2020–2024).
In Urbana, median rent is $972/month and the median home value is $184,900 (Census ACS 2020–2024).
Urbana reported 4.8 violent crimes and 27.1 property crimes per 1,000 residents (FBI UCR, 2023).
Summer highs average 84°F; winter lows average 22°F; there are 80 comfortable days a year; annual rainfall is 41 inches (NOAA GridMET).
The highest-rated natural hazards in Urbana are cold wave (97), winter weather (94) and tornado (91), scored 0–100 against all US communities (FEMA National Risk Index). Peak ground shaking is 0.14g (USGS; 2% chance in 50 years).
In Urbana, 15.7% of workers walk to work (Census ACS).