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Mount Vernon, IL Micro Area

36,550 Population
571.2 square miles 64 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.2 ±0.4 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$33,038 ±$1,285 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$63,118 ±$2,847 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

13.5% ±1.7% (4,726  ±604) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

19.6 minutes ±0.6 (296,825  ±13,472) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

14,820 ±266 Number of households
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0 (35,058  ±39) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

5.9% ±1.1% (434  ±83) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

16,629 ±74 Number of housing units
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$126,000 ±$6,496 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

11% ±1.4% (3,959  ±504.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

92.4% ±3% (23,802  ±772.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
18.2% ±1.3% (4,683  ±327.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • 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

1.9% (680  ±148) Foreign-born population
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7.7% ±0.7% (2,196  ±195) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
2,196 Total veterans ±195 2,074 Male ±184 122 Female ±48

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