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Mount Sterling, IL

1,949 Population
1.1 square miles 1,758.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.7 ±3.8 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Brown County: 40.9 ±1.6
  • a little less than the figure in Illinois: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$33,774 ±$5,654 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Brown County: $26,527 ±$2,437
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Illinois: $45,104 ±$196
$63,922 ±$10,094 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Brown County: $72,288 ±$6,017
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Illinois: $81,702 ±$363

11.9% ±5.4% (222  ±104) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Brown County: 8.9% † 399 (±2.5% / ±111)
  • about the same as the rate in Illinois: 11.7% 1,454,217 (±0.2% / ±18,530)

13 minutes ±1.6 (11,885  ±2,282) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Brown County: 15.7 † 32,205 (±1.7 / ±4,311)
  • about half the figure in Illinois: 28.1 148,440,910 (±0.1 / ±701,124)

Families

887 ±105 Number of households
  • Brown County: 2,021 ±103
  • Illinois: 5,001,904 ±7,673
2.1 ±0.3 (1,871  ±194) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Brown County: 2.2 4,507 (±0.1 / ±50)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,414,044

13.1% ±7.9% (61  ±38) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Brown County: 11.4% † 105 (±4.4% / ±41)
  • more than double the rate in Illinois: 5% 150,099 (±0.1% / ±3,035)

Housing

952 ±102 Number of housing units
  • Brown County: 2,321 ±44
  • Illinois: 5,443,501 ±767

$118,100 ±$20,886 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Brown County: $142,200 † ±$19,435
  • about half the amount in Illinois: $250,500 ±$863

25% ±8.1% (476  ±161.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Brown County: 16.6% † 1,032 (±3.5% / ±217)
  • more than double the rate in Illinois: 11.5% 1,442,284 (±0.1% / ±14,975.1)

Social

86.8% ±7% (1,143  ±165.4) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Brown County: 79.6% 3,764 (±5.5% / ±272.4)
  • a little less than the rate in Illinois: 90.3% 7,887,284 (±0.3% / ±22,684.6)
24% ±5.8% (316  ±84.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Brown County: 15.1% † 713 (±2.9% / ±136.5)
  • about two-thirds 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% ±1.3% (17  ±25) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Brown County: 1.3% 79
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Illinois: 14.5% 1,833,810

4.3% ±2.7% (64  ±41) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Brown County: 4.6% † 241 (±1.5% / ±80)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Illinois: 5% 493,667 (±0.1% / ±4,919)
64 Total veterans ±41 64 Male ±41 N/A Female ±12

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