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Beardstown, IL
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Living in Beardstown



Beardstown is a somewhat small city located in the state of Illinois. With a population of 5,749 people and three associated neighborhoods, Beardstown is the 302nd largest community in Illinois.

Being a small city, Beardstown does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

The percentage of adults in Beardstown who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 17.43% of the adults in Beardstown have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Beardstown in 2022 was $22,984, which is low income relative to Illinois and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $91,936 for a family of four. However, Beardstown contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Beardstown is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Beardstown home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Beardstown residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Beardstown also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 39.24% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Beardstown include German, English, Irish, Other Subsaharan African, and Swedish.

In addition, Beardstown has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (26.67%).

The most common language spoken in Beardstown is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French.