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Mount Sterling, IL

1,980 Population
1.2 square miles 1,657.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.3 ±5.1 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Brown County: 41 ±1.5
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Illinois: 39 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$33,547 ±$5,044 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Brown County: $26,202 ±$2,405
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Illinois: $46,406 ±$212
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$59,087 ±$10,651 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Brown County: $67,917 † ±$7,581
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Illinois: $83,390 ±$362
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

12.3% ±5% (233  ±96) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Brown County: 9.3% † 405 (±2.9% / ±128)
  • a little higher than the rate in Illinois: 11.8% 1,464,937 (±0.2% / ±18,161)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

13.5 minutes ±2.9 (12,050  ±3,358) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Brown County: 15.9 † 31,295 (±1.7 / ±4,160)
  • about half the figure in Illinois: 27.8 143,793,920 (±0.1 / ±595,293)
  • about half the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

941 ±114 Number of households
  • Brown County: 2,041 ±98
  • Illinois: 5,036,449 ±8,009
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2 ±0.3 (1,897  ±167) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Brown County: 2.2 4,387 (±0.1 / ±47)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,405,980
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

7.9% ±6.9% (44  ±39) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Brown County: 9.9% † 95 (±5.5% / ±53)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Illinois: 4.9% 147,208 (±0.1% / ±3,564)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,019 ±102 Number of housing units
  • Brown County: 2,321 ±32
  • Illinois: 5,457,452 ±471
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$131,200 ±$15,172 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Brown County: $150,300 † ±$16,538
  • about half the amount in Illinois: $263,300 ±$797
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

26.3% ±10% (513  ±200.3) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Brown County: 16.1% † 1,006 (±4.3% / ±266.6)
  • more than double the rate in Illinois: 11.1% 1,396,426 (±0.1% / ±14,640.6)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

87.8% ±9.5% (1,137  ±172.6) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Brown County: 76.7% 3,683 (±6.3% / ±304.8)
  • a little less than the rate in Illinois: 90.5% 7,931,250 (±0.3% / ±22,974.6)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
21.5% ±5.8% (278  ±80.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Brown County: 12.6% † 604 (±2.7% / ±129.4)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Illinois: 37.9% 3,318,149 (±0.2% / ±14,295.2)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

0.6% ±1.3% (11  ±26) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in Brown County: 1.6% 100
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Illinois: 14.8% 1,872,449
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

4.4% ±3.1% (65  ±46) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Brown County: 4% † 212 (±1.5% / ±77)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Illinois: 4.8% 478,196 (±0.1% / ±4,766)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
65 Total veterans ±46 56 Male ±43 9 Female ±14

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