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Boody
IllinoisCDP
Total population
301
Median home value
$104,900
Bachelor's+
Median income
$53,500
Founded
1998
Demographic figures from US Census Bureau · ACS 5-year estimates. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
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Overview
Boody is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Macon County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2020 census, Boody had a population of 232, down from 276 in 2010. Boody has a post office with ZIP code 62514.
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Geography
Boody is located in southwestern Macon County on Illinois Route 48, southwest of downtown Decatur, the county seat, and northeast of Taylorville. According to the 2021 census gazetteer files, Boody has a total area of , all land. The community is drained to the southwest by tributaries of Spring Creek, a tributary of west-flowing Mosquito Creek and part of the Sangamon River watershed.
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Largest nearby schools
- MacArthur High SchoolHigh · Decatur · 1,105 students · 19.7:1 ratio
- Eisenhower High SchoolHigh · Decatur · 934 students · 17:1 ratio
- Mt Zion High SchoolHigh · Mount Zion · 763 students · 18.6:1 ratio
- Montessori Academy for PeaceElementary · Decatur · 697 students · 17.9:1 ratio
- Johns Hill Magnet SchoolElementary · Decatur · 643 students · 16.9:1 ratio
- Hope AcademyElementary · Decatur · 563 students · 20.1:1 ratio
- Dennis Lab SchoolElementary · Decatur · 551 students · 16.2:1 ratio
- Mt Zion Intermediate SchoolElementary · Mount Zion · 534 students · 16.7:1 ratio
Public K–12 schools within ~10 mi from Urban Institute Education Data Portal (NCES Common Core of Data, 2022).
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- • Wikipedia
- • US Census Bureau (ACS 5-year estimates)
- • NOAA National Weather Service
- • Wikidata
- • NCES via Urban Institute Education Data Portal
- • CDC PLACES
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
- • Wikipedia Pageviews API