Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Beardstown spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 17.73 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the city are less than they would otherwise be.
Beardstown is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
The citizens of Beardstown are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 14.27% of adults in Beardstown have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree
The per capita income in Beardstown in 2022 was $23,050, which is low income relative to Illinois and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $92,200 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 38.56% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Beardstown include German, Irish, English, Swedish, and Other Subsaharan African.
Beardstown also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 21.74%.
The most common language spoken in Beardstown is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French.
