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Du Quoin, IL

5,780 Population
7 square miles 828.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.8 ±2.8 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Perry County: 42.2 ±0.7
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Illinois: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$28,561 ±$4,206 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Perry County: $29,720 ±$1,789
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Illinois: $45,104 ±$196
$47,632 ±$12,571 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Perry County: $59,286 ±$4,702
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Illinois: $81,702 ±$363

28.3% ±7.7% (1,561  ±424) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Perry County: 16.9% † 3,098 (±3.6% / ±650)
  • more than double the rate in Illinois: 11.7% 1,454,217 (±0.2% / ±18,530)

22.1 minutes ±2.6 (39,095  ±7,851) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Perry County: 24.4 184,945 (±1.2 / ±13,681)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Illinois: 28.1 148,440,910 (±0.1 / ±701,124)

Families

2,454 ±174 Number of households
  • Perry County: 7,994 ±234
  • Illinois: 5,001,904 ±7,673
2.3 ±0.2 (5,527  ±36) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Perry County: 2.3 18,391 (±0.1 / ±63)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,414,044

0.7% ±1.3% (10  ±19) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Perry County: 3.5% † 137 (±2% / ±81)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Illinois: 5% 150,099 (±0.1% / ±3,035)

Housing

2,878 ±211 Number of housing units
  • Perry County: 9,166 ±53
  • Illinois: 5,443,501 ±767

$78,000 ±$10,229 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Perry County: $105,200 ±$6,698
  • about one-third of the amount in Illinois: $250,500 ±$863

13.3% ±5.4% (768  ±312.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Perry County: 11.4% † 2,349 (±2.2% / ±461)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 11.5% 1,442,284 (±0.1% / ±14,975.1)

Social

85.9% ±8.4% (3,487  ±386.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Perry County: 85.4% 12,878 (±4.4% / ±668.8)
  • a little less than the rate in Illinois: 90.3% 7,887,284 (±0.3% / ±22,684.6)
10.4% ±2.8% (422  ±116.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Perry County: 12.3% † 1,850 (±1.9% / ±282.7)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Illinois: 37.2% 3,249,494 (±0.2% / ±13,788.4)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

0.9% ±0.9% (50  ±50) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Perry County: 1.4% 296
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Illinois: 14.5% 1,833,810

7.4% ±2.5% (332  ±111) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Perry County: 8.2% † 1,369 (±1.3% / ±219)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Illinois: 5% 493,667 (±0.1% / ±4,919)
332 Total veterans ±111 332 Male ±111 N/A Female ±17

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