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Alton, IL Urban Area

77,583 Population
59.7 square miles 1,300.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.3 ±4 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$33,589 ±$2,610 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$57,137 ±$5,556 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

15% ±3.6% (11,555  ±2,808) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

24.9 minutes ±0.8 (857,260  ±41,619) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

35,918 ±1,757 Number of households
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.1 ±0 (76,404  ±4,016) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

4.3% ±2.9% (742  ±513) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

39,510 ±1,847 Number of housing units
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$122,200 ±$11,532 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

9.5% ±3% (7,289  ±2,306.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

94% ±4.4% (52,654  ±3,780.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±278,776.4)
23.2% ±2.8% (12,993  ±1,707.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±181,834.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

2% ±1.5% (1,517  ±1,200) Foreign-born population
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

6.9% ±1.4% (4,328  ±920) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
4,328 Total veterans ±920 4,023 Male ±846 305 Female ±252

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