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 17.73 minutes getting to work every day.
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.
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.
