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Virden, IL

3,165 Population
1.9 square miles 1,675.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.7 ±5.1 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area: 39.8 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in Illinois: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$32,962 ±$5,043 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area: $44,689 ±$304
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Illinois: $45,104 ±$196
$78,750 ±$15,876 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area: $78,225 ±$675
  • a little less than the amount in Illinois: $81,702 ±$363

12.7% ±8.3% (394  ±258) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area: 10.3% 283,828 (±0.3% / ±7,339)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 11.7% 1,454,217 (±0.2% / ±18,530)

22.8 minutes ±3.8 (25,870  ±7,717) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area: 25.1 30,087,170 (±0.2 / ±245,452)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Illinois: 28.1 148,440,910 (±0.1 / ±701,124)

Families

1,226 ±123 Number of households
  • the St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area: 1,154,841 ±3,246
  • Illinois: 5,001,904 ±7,673
2.5 ±0.3 (3,095  ±159) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in the St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area: 2.4 2,753,676 (±0 / ±541)
  • about the same as the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,414,044

7.6% ±6.3% (65  ±56) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area: 5% 32,578 (±0.2% / ±1,463)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Illinois: 5% 150,099 (±0.1% / ±3,035)

Housing

1,387 ±149 Number of housing units
  • the St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area: 1,267,353 ±337
  • Illinois: 5,443,501 ±767

$98,800 ±$13,122 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-fifths of the amount in the St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area: $232,100 ±$1,247
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Illinois: $250,500 ±$863

6.1% ±5.3% (188  ±163.7) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in the St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area: 11.7% 326,459 (±0.3% / ±7,652.9)
  • about half the rate in Illinois: 11.5% 1,442,284 (±0.1% / ±14,975.1)

Social

94.6% ±11.4% (2,155  ±325.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area: 93.3% 1,828,862 (±0.5% / ±10,486.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in Illinois: 90.3% 7,887,284 (±0.3% / ±22,684.6)
12.9% ±5.2% (295  ±121.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-third of the rate in the St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area: 37.6% 736,151 (±0.3% / ±6,591.4)
  • about one-third 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% (34  ±50) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in the St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area: 5% 141,431
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Illinois: 14.5% 1,833,810

5.3% ±3% (132  ±75) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area: 7.3% 159,471 (±0.1% / ±2,434)
  • a little higher than the rate in Illinois: 5% 493,667 (±0.1% / ±4,919)
132 Total veterans ±75 132 Male ±75 N/A Female ±12

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