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West Salem, IL

713 Population
1.6 square miles 457.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

46.1 ±10.1 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Edwards County: 44.7 ±0.4
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Illinois: 39 ±0.1
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$30,452 ±$4,540 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Edwards County: $34,238 ±$3,099
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Illinois: $46,406 ±$212
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$49,821 ±$14,530 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Edwards County: $60,519 ±$3,712
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Illinois: $83,390 ±$362
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

8.6% ±3.7% (60  ±28) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Edwards County: 16.5% † 996 (±3.8% / ±231)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Illinois: 11.8% 1,464,937 (±0.2% / ±18,161)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

22.2 minutes ±2.6 (5,740  ±1,453) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Edwards County: 23.4 62,030 (±1.9 / ±6,030)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Illinois: 27.8 143,793,920 (±0.1 / ±595,293)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

349 ±48 Number of households
  • Edwards County: 2,666 ±82
  • Illinois: 5,036,449 ±8,009
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2 ±0.2 (709  ±121) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Edwards County: 2.3 6,058 (±0.1 / ±5)
  • 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

8.1% ±7% (10  ±9) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Edwards County: 7.6% † 90 (±3% / ±36)
  • more than 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

497 ±61 Number of housing units
  • Edwards County: 3,045 ±18
  • Illinois: 5,457,452 ±471
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$74,600 ±$7,507 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Edwards County: $100,000 ±$9,157
  • about one-quarter of the amount in Illinois: $263,300 ±$797
  • about one-fifth of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

10.7% ±7% (75  ±50.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Edwards County: 9.8% † 585 (±3.2% / ±190.5)
  • a little less than the rate in Illinois: 11.1% 1,396,426 (±0.1% / ±14,640.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

90.6% ±3.4% (452  ±69.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Edwards County: 92% 3,962 (±6.1% / ±264.5)
  • about the same as 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)
15.2% ±5.5% (76  ±29.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Edwards County: 14% † 601 (±2.1% / ±91.7)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Illinois: 37.9% 3,318,149 (±0.2% / ±14,295.2)
  • about two-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

2% ±2.9% (14  ±21) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Edwards County: 0.8% 50
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Illinois: 14.8% 1,872,449
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7.2% ±3% (41  ±18) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Edwards County: 7% † 330 (±1.5% / ±70)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Illinois: 4.8% 478,196 (±0.1% / ±4,766)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
41 Total veterans ±18 36 Male ±16 5 Female ±9

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