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West Frankfort, IL

7,156 Population
5 square miles 1,435.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.9 ±1.5 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Franklin County: 43.4 ±0.4
  • a little higher than the figure in Illinois: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$25,743 ±$3,303 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Franklin County: $29,659 ±$1,149
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Illinois: $45,104 ±$196
$48,143 ±$7,630 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Franklin County: $53,471 ±$3,500
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Illinois: $81,702 ±$363

25.2% ±6.7% (1,751  ±475) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Franklin County: 16.9% † 6,227 (±2% / ±727)
  • more than double the rate in Illinois: 11.7% 1,454,217 (±0.2% / ±18,530)

23 minutes ±1.7 (63,480  ±9,266) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Franklin County: 26.7 386,275 (±0.9 / ±18,577)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Illinois: 28.1 148,440,910 (±0.1 / ±701,124)

Families

3,056 ±208 Number of households
  • Franklin County: 16,130 ±355
  • Illinois: 5,001,904 ±7,673
2.3 ±0.2 (7,033  ±408) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Franklin County: 2.3 37,078 (±0.1 / ±14)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,414,044

7.8% ±4.9% (133  ±86) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Franklin County: 7.2% † 562 (±1.8% / ±140)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Illinois: 5% 150,099 (±0.1% / ±3,035)

Housing

3,628 ±210 Number of housing units
  • Franklin County: 18,468 ±48
  • Illinois: 5,443,501 ±767

$72,500 ±$11,860 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Franklin County: $87,700 ±$4,067
  • about one-quarter of the amount in Illinois: $250,500 ±$863

13.1% ±3.5% (925  ±255) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Franklin County: 12% † 4,436 (±1.6% / ±574.4)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 11.5% 1,442,284 (±0.1% / ±14,975.1)

Social

84.6% ±6.3% (4,057  ±390.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Franklin County: 89.2% 23,680 (±3.1% / ±819)
  • a little less than the rate in Illinois: 90.3% 7,887,284 (±0.3% / ±22,684.6)
11.2% ±2.8% (537  ±139.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Franklin County: 17.1% 4,545 (±1.4% / ±378.6)
  • 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

0.9% ±0.7% (67  ±53) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Franklin County: 1.1% 401
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Illinois: 14.5% 1,833,810

6.6% ±1.8% (361  ±102) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Franklin County: 8.5% † 2,492 (±0.9% / ±274)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Illinois: 5% 493,667 (±0.1% / ±4,919)
361 Total veterans ±102 352 Male ±101 9 Female ±14

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