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Scott County, IL

4,937 Population
250.8 square miles 19.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

46 ±0.6 Median age
  • 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

$36,633 ±$3,204 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Illinois: $46,406 ±$212
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$66,705 ±$7,853 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Illinois: $83,390 ±$362
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

11.5% ±2.5% (560  ±122) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in Illinois: 11.8% 1,464,937 (±0.2% / ±18,161)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

24.2 minutes ±1.5 (46,540  ±4,308) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Illinois: 27.8 143,793,920 (±0.1 / ±595,293)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

2,046 ±76 Number of households
  • Illinois: 5,036,449 ±8,009
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.1 (4,895  ±2) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,405,980
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

3.5% ±1.9% (34  ±19) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Illinois: 4.9% 147,208 (±0.1% / ±3,564)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

2,384 ±19 Number of housing units
  • Illinois: 5,457,452 ±471
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$96,400 ±$8,591 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Illinois: $263,300 ±$797
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

5.6% ±1.9% (275  ±95) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in Illinois: 11.1% 1,396,426 (±0.1% / ±14,640.6)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

92.4% ±5.9% (3,261  ±210.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Illinois: 90.5% 7,931,250 (±0.3% / ±22,974.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
21.5% ±3.7% (760  ±129.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Illinois: 37.9% 3,318,149 (±0.2% / ±14,295.2)
  • about three-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

0.7% (32  ±19) Foreign-born population
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Illinois: 14.8% 1,872,449
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7.3% ±1.7% (286  ±65) Population with veteran status
  • 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)
286 Total veterans ±65 242 Male ±58 44 Female ±30

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