One of the benefits of Mattoon is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 17.22 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.
Being a small city, Mattoon does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The percentage of adults in Mattoon who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 18.87% of the adults in Mattoon have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Mattoon in 2022 was $27,000, which is low income relative to Illinois, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $108,000 for a family of four. However, Mattoon contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Mattoon home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Mattoon residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Mattoon include German, Irish, English, Scottish, and European.
The most common language spoken in Mattoon is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Spanish.
