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Mount Sterling township, Brown County, IL

4,157 Population
37.2 square miles 111.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.9 ±1.9 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Brown County: 41 ±1.5
  • about the same as the figure in Illinois: 39 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$20,581 ±$2,843 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Brown County: $26,202 ±$2,405
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Illinois: $46,406 ±$212
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$65,481 ±$7,307 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Brown County: $67,917 † ±$7,581
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Illinois: $83,390 ±$362
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

10.5% ±4.3% (233  ±96) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Brown County: 9.3% † 405 (±2.9% / ±128)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Illinois: 11.8% 1,464,937 (±0.2% / ±18,161)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

13.3 minutes ±2.5 (13,885  ±3,381) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Brown County: 15.9 † 31,295 (±1.7 / ±4,160)
  • about half the figure in Illinois: 27.8 143,793,920 (±0.1 / ±595,293)
  • about half the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,078 ±119 Number of households
  • Brown County: 2,041 ±98
  • Illinois: 5,036,449 ±8,009
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.1 ±0.3 (2,222  ±177) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Brown County: 2.2 4,387 (±0.1 / ±47)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,405,980
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

7.6% ±6.6% (44  ±39) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Brown County: 9.9% † 95 (±5.5% / ±53)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Illinois: 4.9% 147,208 (±0.1% / ±3,564)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,164 ±105 Number of housing units
  • Brown County: 2,321 ±32
  • Illinois: 5,457,452 ±471
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$143,700 ±$16,811 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Brown County: $150,300 † ±$16,538
  • about half the amount in Illinois: $263,300 ±$797
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

20.9% ±6.1% (862  ±254.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Brown County: 16.1% † 1,006 (±4.3% / ±266.6)
  • nearly double the rate in Illinois: 11.1% 1,396,426 (±0.1% / ±14,640.6)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

68.9% ±7% (2,238  ±246.2) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Brown County: 76.7% 3,683 (±6.3% / ±304.8)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Illinois: 90.5% 7,931,250 (±0.3% / ±22,974.6)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
11.5% ±2.9% (372  ±97) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Brown County: 12.6% † 604 (±2.7% / ±129.4)
  • about one-third of the rate in Illinois: 37.9% 3,318,149 (±0.2% / ±14,295.2)
  • about one-third 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

2.3% ±1.2% (94  ±48) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Brown County: 1.6% 100
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Illinois: 14.8% 1,872,449
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

4.5% ±1.9% (160  ±69) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Brown County: 4% † 212 (±1.5% / ±77)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Illinois: 4.8% 478,196 (±0.1% / ±4,766)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
160 Total veterans ±69 145 Male ±68 15 Female ±17

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