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Mount Vernon, IL Urban Area

14,730 Population
12.8 square miles 1,149.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.9 ±1.4 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$31,457 ±$2,762 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$55,004 ±$5,017 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

17.9% ±3% (2,537  ±436) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

14.2 minutes ±0.9 (91,140  ±8,309) Mean travel time to work
  • about half the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

6,397 ±254 Number of households
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.1 (14,225  ±420) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4.9% ±2% (163  ±66) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

7,446 ±246 Number of housing units
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$99,000 ±$7,804 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

16.6% ±3% (2,423  ±441.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

93.9% ±5.3% (9,704  ±638.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
17.7% ±2.3% (1,829  ±243.4) 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

2.6% ±0.9% (383  ±130) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

8.2% ±1.5% (936  ±171) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
936 Total veterans ±171 911 Male ±169 25 Female ±26

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