Mattoon is home to 16,586 people in Illinois. 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, below the 36% national rate. Home values have risen by half since 2000, reaching $97,700. Households here earn about 38% less than in Illinois as a whole. The foreign-born share is 2%. The poverty rate is 21.3%, above the 12.5% national rate.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $51,597, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Mid-age
median age 40.8
US median: 38.9
Less educated
19% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
More affordable
home values down 15%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Mattoon
What changed most since 1990
White share96.5% → 89.2%(−7.3 pts)US over the same years: −17.8 pts
Homes owned by their occupants64.2% → 55.8%(−8.4 pts)US over the same years: +0.9 pts
Population18,441 → 16,586(−10%)US over the same years: +35%
Mattoon's population equals 35% of Coles County's. Its number of foreign-born residents equals 20% of the county's. Its number of people who work from home equals 21% 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)29.8%(244)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)16.1%(132)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era39.1%(321)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War4.6%(38)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II1.2%(10)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 820 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
Mattoon, decade by decade
Mattoon 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
18,441
$53,476
$95,043
12.0%
8.5
2000
18,291
$57,929
$115,311
13.3%
10.1
2010
18,555
$50,072
$112,928
16.6%
15.7
2020
16,870
$49,180
$102,296
18.2%
27.5
2024
16,586
$51,597
$97,700
19.5%
25.1
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.
