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Scales Mound, IL

441 Population
0.6 square miles 701.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.4 ±6.7 Median age
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Jo Daviess County: 50.9 ±0.3
  • about the same as the figure in Illinois: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$36,585 ±$8,190 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Jo Daviess County: $42,797 ±$2,288
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Illinois: $45,104 ±$196
$66,765 ±$8,140 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Jo Daviess County: $74,954 ±$5,135
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Illinois: $81,702 ±$363

3.6% ±2.8% (16  ±13) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Jo Daviess County: 8% † 1,746 (±1.4% / ±313)
  • about one-third of the rate in Illinois: 11.7% 1,454,217 (±0.2% / ±18,530)

39 minutes ±16 (6,745  ±3,396) Mean travel time to work
  • nearly double the figure in Jo Daviess County: 21.3 203,090 (±0.4 / ±10,482)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Illinois: 28.1 148,440,910 (±0.1 / ±701,124)

Families

182 ±47 Number of households
  • Jo Daviess County: 10,385 ±261
  • Illinois: 5,001,904 ±7,673
2.4 ±0.9 (441  ±109) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Jo Daviess County: 2.1 21,686 (±0.1 / ±24)
  • about the same as the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,414,044

5.4% ±5.1% (5  ±5) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Jo Daviess County: 4.8% † 172 (±2.4% / ±85)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 5% 150,099 (±0.1% / ±3,035)

Housing

197 ±49 Number of housing units
  • Jo Daviess County: 13,425 ±49
  • Illinois: 5,443,501 ±767

$158,000 ±$39,476 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Jo Daviess County: $193,900 ±$13,265
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Illinois: $250,500 ±$863

5.7% ±7.8% (25  ±34.9) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Jo Daviess County: 9.9% † 2,151 (±2.7% / ±578.5)
  • about half the rate in Illinois: 11.5% 1,442,284 (±0.1% / ±14,975.1)

Social

95.5% ±31.1% (273  ±56.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Jo Daviess County: 93.4% 15,483 (±4.3% / ±717.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in Illinois: 90.3% 7,887,284 (±0.3% / ±22,684.6)
15.4% ±9.3% (44  ±28.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Jo Daviess County: 28.8% 4,766 (±2.6% / ±425)
  • about two-fifths 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

1.1% ±1.6% (5  ±7) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Jo Daviess County: 1.5% 335
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Illinois: 14.5% 1,833,810

8.8% ±6.9% (28  ±23) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Jo Daviess County: 8.4% † 1,491 (±1.2% / ±207)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Illinois: 5% 493,667 (±0.1% / ±4,919)
28 Total veterans ±23 26 Male ±23 2 Female ±4

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