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Mount Vernon, IL

14,090 Population
14.7 square miles 961.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.9 ±1.5 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Mount Vernon, IL Micro Area: 41.2 ±0.4
  • about the same as the figure in Illinois: 39 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$31,841 ±$2,891 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Mount Vernon, IL Micro Area: $33,038 ±$1,285
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Illinois: $46,406 ±$212
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$55,357 ±$4,203 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Mount Vernon, IL Micro Area: $63,118 ±$2,847
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Illinois: $83,390 ±$362
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

17.3% ±3.2% (2,340  ±434) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Mount Vernon, IL Micro Area: 13.5% † 4,726 (±1.7% / ±604)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Illinois: 11.8% 1,464,937 (±0.2% / ±18,161)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

14 minutes ±0.9 (85,700  ±7,990) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Mount Vernon, IL Micro Area: 19.6 296,825 (±0.6 / ±13,472)
  • 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

6,108 ±248 Number of households
  • the Mount Vernon, IL Micro Area: 14,820 ±266
  • Illinois: 5,036,449 ±8,009
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.1 (13,585  ±364) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Mount Vernon, IL Micro Area: 2.4 35,058 (±0 / ±39)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,405,980
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4.9% ±1.9% (150  ±59) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Mount Vernon, IL Micro Area: 5.9% † 434 (±1.1% / ±83)
  • about the same as the rate in Illinois: 4.9% 147,208 (±0.1% / ±3,564)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

7,131 ±245 Number of housing units
  • the Mount Vernon, IL Micro Area: 16,629 ±74
  • Illinois: 5,457,452 ±471
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$99,800 ±$10,409 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Mount Vernon, IL Micro Area: $126,000 ±$6,496
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Illinois: $263,300 ±$797
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

16.6% ±3.1% (2,312  ±429.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Mount Vernon, IL Micro Area: 11% † 3,959 (±1.4% / ±504.4)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Illinois: 11.1% 1,396,426 (±0.1% / ±14,640.6)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

94.1% ±5.5% (9,320  ±625.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Mount Vernon, IL Micro Area: 92.4% 23,802 (±3% / ±772.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in Illinois: 90.5% 7,931,250 (±0.3% / ±22,974.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
18.5% ±2.4% (1,835  ±247.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Mount Vernon, IL Micro Area: 18.2% 4,683 (±1.3% / ±327.4)
  • about half the rate in Illinois: 37.9% 3,318,149 (±0.2% / ±14,295.2)
  • about half 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

2.5% ±0.9% (355  ±125) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Mount Vernon, IL Micro Area: 1.9% 680
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Illinois: 14.8% 1,872,449
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

8.2% ±1.4% (890  ±157) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in the Mount Vernon, IL Micro Area: 7.7% 2,196 (±0.7% / ±195)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Illinois: 4.8% 478,196 (±0.1% / ±4,766)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
890 Total veterans ±157 869 Male ±161 21 Female ±18

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