Champaign

Population & Demographics

Champaign, IL

Champaign is home to 89,996 people. Explore its demographics, housing, and economy — plus how its 32,362 resident workers commute each day.

IllinoisCensus ACS 5-Year · LODES 2023
89,996
people
Population

89,996 residents

Median age 26.6 · U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year (2024).

Champaign population & demographics

Who lives in Champaign — population, age, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Population
89,996
Median age
26.6yrs
Median household income
$56,118
Median home value
$210,900
Median gross rent
$1,123/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
52.7%
Poverty rate
25.9%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates. Values shown as “—” are suppressed or unavailable for this place.

Race & ethnicity in Champaign

How Champaign breaks down by race and ethnicity — each bar is that group’s share of the population, from the U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year (2024).

White54.5%
Black17.2%
Asian15.8%
Hispanic or Latino7.9%
Two or more races4.1%
Some other race0.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.1%

Race across Champaign

Each dot is a group of people, placed in their 2020 Census block and colored by race or ethnicity — the pattern shows where groups live across Champaign.

Champaign at a glance
Employed Residents
32,362
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
3.5mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
44.7%
Share working within the area
Work from home
17.3%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
Urbana
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for Champaign proper — the Census place within its city limits — not the surrounding metro area. Metro-wide totals you’ll see elsewhere are larger because they bundle in neighboring cities and suburbs.

How Champaign commutes

Every dot is a worker moving between home and job. Trace where the area pulls people in from — and where its residents head each day.

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Commute Score

90 / 100

How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.

Champaign

32,362 commutes, one dot at a time

Champaign

Where 32,362 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

Top destinations for people who live in Champaign, by worker count.

1Champaign0.0 mi14,450
2Urbana3.5 mi4,727
3Chicago123.7 mi1,355
4Springfield76.9 mi506
5Savoy3.8 mi488
6Bloomington45.2 mi470
7Peoria82.8 mi405
8Rantoul14.8 mi346

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Champaign.

1Champaign0.0 mi14,450
2Urbana3.5 mi5,180
3Mahomet8.9 mi1,542
4Savoy3.8 mi1,451
5Chicago123.7 mi1,445
6Rantoul14.8 mi988
7Tolono8.6 mi548
8Monticello17.1 mi539

Top industries

The sectors that employ Champaign’s workforce. Each bar is scaled to that sector’s share of all local jobs — the top sectors shown don’t add up to 100%.

Bar length = each sector’s share of all local jobs (0–100%)
EDEducational Services34.3%
AFAccommodation and Food Services12.3%
RTRetail Trade9.4%
HCHealth Care and Social Assistance7.5%
PTProfessional, Scientific, and Technical Services4.8%
MFManufacturing4.5%
ADAdministrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services4.5%
TRTransportation and Warehousing4.4%
INInformation3.2%
Connectivity

Internet options for Champaign

The biggest home-internet providers in the area — tap any to compare local plans.

9 providers · 1 with fiber
Speed availabilityshare of homes a plan reaches
1 Gbps~all homes
2 Gbps100%
5 Gbps100%
8 Gbps22%
See all internet providers in Champaign

FindBetterInternet is a CensusFlow partner site — we link out so you can compare local plans, and CensusFlow’s Census data stays independent. Provider data is from the FCC National Broadband Map (satellite + fixed wireless excluded).