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Mount Vernon township, Jefferson County, IL

12,432 Population
37 square miles 335.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.7 ±2 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Jefferson County: 41.1 ±0.4
  • about the same as the figure in Illinois: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$29,588 ±$2,534 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Jefferson County: $31,541 ±$1,281
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Illinois: $45,104 ±$196
$56,504 ±$2,765 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Jefferson County: $61,102 ±$2,397
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Illinois: $81,702 ±$363

16.6% ±3% (1,981  ±361) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Jefferson County: 14.2% † 4,975 (±1.5% / ±522)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Illinois: 11.7% 1,454,217 (±0.2% / ±18,530)

16.7 minutes ±1.2 (85,925  ±9,197) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Jefferson County: 19.7 295,480 (±0.5 / ±13,033)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Illinois: 28.1 148,440,910 (±0.1 / ±701,124)

Families

4,974 ±219 Number of households
  • Jefferson County: 14,805 ±280
  • Illinois: 5,001,904 ±7,673
2.4 ±0.1 (12,138  ±36) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Jefferson County: 2.4 35,303 (±0.1 / ±41)
  • about the same as the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,414,044

5.4% ±2.5% (141  ±67) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Jefferson County: 6.3% † 466 (±1.3% / ±98)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 5% 150,099 (±0.1% / ±3,035)

Housing

5,845 ±222 Number of housing units
  • Jefferson County: 16,650 ±51
  • Illinois: 5,443,501 ±767

$96,700 ±$9,764 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Jefferson County: $118,400 ±$3,997
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Illinois: $250,500 ±$863

13.5% ±3.1% (1,650  ±380.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Jefferson County: 11.5% † 4,165 (±1.5% / ±559.8)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 11.5% 1,442,284 (±0.1% / ±14,975.1)

Social

93.4% ±5.7% (7,868  ±538.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Jefferson County: 91.4% 23,614 (±2.9% / ±749.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in Illinois: 90.3% 7,887,284 (±0.3% / ±22,684.6)
17% ±2.4% (1,433  ±209.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Jefferson County: 18.4% 4,748 (±1.3% / ±326.6)
  • about half the rate in Illinois: 37.2% 3,249,494 (±0.2% / ±13,788.4)

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

2% ±0.9% (253  ±115) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Jefferson County: 1.8% 653
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Illinois: 14.5% 1,833,810

9.3% ±1.7% (874  ±163) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Jefferson County: 8.2% 2,335 (±0.7% / ±211)
  • nearly double the rate in Illinois: 5% 493,667 (±0.1% / ±4,919)
874 Total veterans ±163 793 Male ±151 81 Female ±78

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