Residents of the city have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 17.22 minutes getting to work every day.
Being a small city, Mattoon does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
In terms of college education, Mattoon is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 18.87% of adults 25 and older 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.
