Demographics of Plano city, Illinois

Plano city, Illinois had 12,677 people on July 1, 2025, by the Census Bureau’s estimate: +771 since July 2020. Age, income, poverty, housing and origin below come from the survey, averaged over 2020–2024, each with its margin of error.

Plano city, in four figures

12,677
Population: July 1, 2025, Vintage 2025 estimate. The survey’s 2020–⁠2024 figure is 12,203 ±722.; +6.5%
Change since July 2020: +771 people.; 31.6 ±2.5
Median age: ACS 2020–⁠2024.; $86,271 ±$10,532
Median household income: ACS 2020–⁠2024, in 2024 dollars.

Population, year by year

July 1 estimates from the Census Bureau’s Vintage 2025. The Bureau publishes no births, deaths or migration for a place, so the change is the difference between one July estimate and the next.

Plano city, Illinois's population grew 6.5% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally

The July 1 estimate of Plano city, Illinois's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).

Source: The Census Bureau

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The figures

Plano city, Illinois's population grew 6.5% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally. The July 1 estimate of Plano city, Illinois's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).
July 1	Population	Index	United States
2020	11,906	100.0	100.0
2021	12,188	102.4	100.2
2022	12,486	104.9	100.7
2023	12,661	106.3	101.6
2024	12,663	106.4	102.5
2025	12,677	106.5	103.1

Population of Plano city, Illinois on July 1 of each year, Vintage 2025
July 1	Population	Change
2020	11,906	—
2021	12,188	+282
2022	12,486	+298
2023	12,661	+175
2024	12,663	+2
2025	12,677	+14

Age, 2020–2024

The median age is 31.6 ±2.5: for men 32.4 ±2.9 and for women 30.6 ±3.4. Shares are of everyone the survey counts, in the Bureau’s sex-by-age table (B01001).

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People in Plano city by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	People	Share	Illinois	United States
Under 5	1,022 ±319	8.4% ±2.6	5.4% ±<0.1	5.6% ±<0.1
5 to 17	2,566 ±410	21.0% ±3.1	16.4% ±0.1	16.3% ±<0.1
18 to 24	896 ±308	7.3% ±2.5	9.1% ±<0.1	9.1% ±<0.1
25 to 44	4,287 ±554	35.1% ±4.0	26.9% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
45 to 64	2,375 ±494	19.5% ±3.9	25.2% ±0.1	24.8% ±<0.1
65 and over	1,057 ±282	8.7% ±2.3	17.0% ±0.1	17.2% ±<0.1

Income and poverty, 2020–2024

Median household income is $86,271 ±$10,532, and income per person $33,274 ±$3,468, in 2024 dollars. The median is $83,390 ±$362 in Illinois and $80,734 ±$166 in the United States.

Households by income

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Households in Plano city by income, ACS 2020–2024
Household income	Households	Share	Illinois	United States
Under $25,000	102 to 400	2.5% to 9.5%	14.6% ±0.1	14.6% ±<0.1
$25,000 to $49,999	724 ±259	17.4% ±6.0	16.0% ±0.2	16.7% ±<0.1
$50,000 to $74,999	742 ±258	17.8% ±5.9	14.8% ±0.1	15.5% ±<0.1
$75,000 to $99,999	692 ±196	16.6% ±4.4	12.6% ±0.1	12.6% ±<0.1
$100,000 to $149,999	1,320 ±407	31.7% ±9.2	18.0% ±0.2	17.5% ±<0.1
$150,000 to $199,999	104 to 354	2.6% to 8.4%	10.1% ±0.1	9.6% ±<0.1
$200,000 or more	60 to 348	1.5% to 8.3%	13.8% ±0.1	13.4% ±0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Poverty by age

The poverty rate is the share of people whose family income is below the federal threshold for their family’s size, of everyone for whom the Bureau determines it (B17020).

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Poverty rate in Plano city by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	Below poverty	Rate	Illinois	United States
All ages	1,236 ±501	10.2% ±4.1	11.8% ±0.1	12.5% ±0.1
Under 18	291 to 873	16.5% ±7.8	15.1% ±0.2	16.1% ±0.1
18 to 59	579 ±247	7.9% ±3.3	11.0% ±0.1	11.6% ±0.1
60 and over	5 to 145	0.6% to 11.0%	10.6% ±0.1	11.0% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Housing, 2020–2024

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Housing in Plano city, ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Plano city	Illinois	United States
Housing units	4,331 ±505	5,457,452 ±471	143,775,355 ±10,234
Occupied	96.1% ±15.0	92.3% ±0.1	89.9% ±0.1
Vacant	0% to 7.8%	7.7% ±0.1	10.1% ±0.1
Owner occupied	70.3% ±8.4	67.1% ±0.3	65.2% ±0.3
Renter occupied	29.7% ±9.0	32.9% ±0.2	34.8% ±0.1
Median home value	$230,700 ±$10,635	$263,300 ±$797	$332,700 ±$236
Median gross rent	$1,686 ±$165	$1,274 ±$5	$1,413 ±$2
Median year built	2002 ±1	1971 ±2	1980 ±1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Occupied and vacant are shares of all housing units; owner and renter occupied are shares of occupied units. Value and rent are medians in 2024 dollars.

Origin and place of birth, 2020–2024

Hispanic or Latino origin is not a race in the Census Bureau’s tables. Here the people of Hispanic origin, of any race, are one row, and everyone else is counted by race alone (B03002), so the rows add to the whole.

Hispanic origin and race

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People in Plano city by Hispanic origin and race, ACS 2020–2024
Origin	People	Share	Illinois	United States
Hispanic or Latino	4,851 ±647	39.8% ±4.8	18.8% ±<0.1	19.3% ±<0.1
White alone, not Hispanic	6,456 ±607	52.9% ±3.9	58.1% ±<0.1	57.4% ±<0.1
Black alone, not Hispanic	0 to 442	0% to 3.6%	13.3% ±<0.1	11.9% ±<0.1
Asian alone, not Hispanic	8 to 188	0.1% to 1.5%	5.9% ±<0.1	5.9% ±<0.1
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, not Hispanic	0 to 20	0% to 0.2%	0.1% ±<0.1	0.5% ±<0.1
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, not Hispanic	0 to 20	0% to 0.2%	< 0.1% ±<0.1	0.2% ±<0.1
Some other race alone, not Hispanic	0 to 20	0% to 0.2%	0.4% ±<0.1	0.6% ±<0.1
Two or more races, not Hispanic	642 ±233	5.3% ±1.9	3.4% ±0.1	4.3% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Place of birth and citizenship

“Born a citizen outside the states” counts people born in Puerto Rico, the island areas, or abroad to American parents. Naturalized citizens and those who are not citizens together make up the people born abroad (B05002).

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People in Plano city by place of birth and citizenship, ACS 2020–2024
Born	People	Share	Illinois	United States
Born in the state	9,183 ±776	75.3% ±4.5	66.5% ±0.1	57.3% ±<0.1
Born in another state	1,479 ±497	12.1% ±4.0	17.5% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
Born a citizen outside the states	18 to 164	0.1% to 1.3%	1.3% ±<0.1	1.7% ±<0.1
Born abroad	1,450 ±487	11.9% ±3.9	14.7% ±0.1	14.1% ±<0.1
Naturalized citizens	1,021 ±461	8.4% ±3.7	7.7% ±0.1	7.4% ±<0.1
Not citizens	429 ±174	3.5% ±1.4	7.0% ±0.1	6.8% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Plano city among the places of Illinois

197th of 337 places of 5,000 or more by the survey’s 2020–2024 count. Every one is listed on the Illinois page.

Places of Illinois near Plano city in population, ACS 2020–2024
Place	ACS 2020–⁠2024
Rantoul village	12,421 ±284
Effingham city	12,342 ±433
Streator city	12,330 ±524
Justice village	12,324 ±40
Herrin city	12,226 ±71
Plano city	12,203 ±722
Palos Heights city	12,152 ±29
River Forest village	11,992 ±46
Kewanee city	11,913 ±445
Centralia city	11,856 ±176
Troy city	11,647 ±162

Sources

Census Bureau population estimates — incorporated places and New England towns — U.S. Census Bureau · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 25, 2026
American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File · U.S. Government work

Compiled automatically from Census Bureau population estimates — incorporated places and New England towns and American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File by a checked SQL query · Editor: Kian O'Connor · How this site is built

Data retrieved September 25, 2026