Moultrie County is home to 14,424 people in Illinois. 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, below the 36% national rate. That puts it in the top 9% of US counties for household income. Home values have more than doubled since 2000, reaching $134,000. The foreign-born share is 1%. 76% of homes are owner-occupied.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $71,784, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Mid-age
median age 40.1
US median: 38.9
Less educated
19% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Stable housing
home values roughly flat, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Moultrie County
What changed most since 1990
White share99.5% → 95.1%(−4.4 pts)US over the same years: −17.8 pts
Median home value (2024 dollars)$98,883 → $134,000(+36%)US over the same years: +67%
Adults with a bachelor's degree9.5% → 19.0%(+9.4 pts)US over the same years: +15.3 pts
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)23.3%(162)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)9.7%(67)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era47.4%(329)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War3.5%(24)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II2.4%(17)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 694 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
Moultrie County, decade by decade
Moultrie County 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
13,930
$64,447
$98,883
9.5%
1.3
2000
14,287
$73,019
$133,709
14.7%
3.6
2010
14,846
$66,698
$129,040
13.8%
5.4
2020
14,526
$77,610
$131,264
20.5%
13.0
2024
14,424
$71,784
$134,000
19.0%
11.9
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.
