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Mount Vernon, IL Urban Area

15,094 Population
12.8 square miles 1,178.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.6 ±1.1 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.7 ±0.1

Economics

$29,121 ±$2,193 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $43,289 ±$119
$52,041 ±$3,068 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $78,538 ±$176

19.8% ±2.9% (2,866  ±436) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.4% 40,390,044 (±0.1% / ±272,803)

13.6 minutes ±0.8 (86,045  ±8,007) Mean travel time to work
  • about half the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

6,493 ±256 Number of households
  • United States: 127,482,864 ±208,633
2.3 ±0.1 (14,626  ±467) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 324,275,230

5.2% ±2.1% (172  ±70) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,128 (±0% / ±22,535)

Housing

7,569 ±259 Number of housing units
  • United States: 142,332,880 ±9,434

$88,900 ±$6,427 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $303,400 ±$362

17.9% ±3.2% (2,656  ±488.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.7% 41,707,981 (±0% / ±144,000.6)

Social

93.2% ±4.9% (9,674  ±596.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.4% 204,204,445 (±0.1% / ±279,113.6)
18.3% ±2.1% (1,895  ±230) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in United States: 35% 79,954,302 (±0.1% / ±180,792.5)

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

2.5% ±0.8% (378  ±127) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,108,900

9.2% ±1.6% (1,073  ±185) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,569,149 (±0% / ±47,618)
1,073 Total veterans ±185 980 Male ±187 93 Female ±81

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