With 14,910 people, Dixon is a city in Illinois. 17% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, below the 36% national rate. Home values have risen by half since 2000, reaching $120,800. That trails the Illinois median by roughly 29%. 3% of people here were born outside the United States. Density works out to 1,759 people per square mile.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $59,406, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Older
median age 41.9
US median: 38.9
Less educated
17% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
More affordable
home values down 11%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Dixon
What changed most since 1990
Median home value (2024 dollars)$106,803 → $120,800(+13%)US over the same years: +67%
Adults with a bachelor's degree11.2% → 16.9%(+5.6 pts)US over the same years: +15.3 pts
Poverty rate10.6% → 17.8%(+7.2 pts)US over the same years: −0.8 pts
Dixon's population equals 44% of Lee County's. Its number of households without a car equals 69% of the county's. Its number of foreign-born residents equals 68% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)7%(43)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)21.2%(131)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era24.1%(149)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War9.2%(57)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II6%(37)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 618 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Dixon, decade by decade
Dixon population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
15,144
$60,539
$106,803
11.2%
27.2
2000
15,941
$65,070
$135,349
12.7%
36.5
2010
15,733
$59,915
$130,335
14.3%
41.6
2020
15,274
$56,334
$113,326
19.3%
52.2
2024
14,910
$59,406
$120,800
16.9%
49.6
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
