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.
Being a small city, Beardstown does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
In terms of college education, the citizens of Beardstown rank slightly lower than the national average. 14.27% of adults 25 and older in Beardstown have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, while 21.84% of adults have a 4-year degree or higher in the average American community.
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.
In addition, Beardstown has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (21.74%).
The most common language spoken in Beardstown is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French.
