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Mercer township, Mercer County, IL

3,917 Population
35.4 square miles 110.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.6 ±4.6 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Mercer County: 44.7 ±0.3
  • 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

$35,457 ±$3,664 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Mercer County: $39,391 ±$1,834
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Illinois: $46,406 ±$212
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$71,042 ±$14,483 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Mercer County: $74,182 ±$7,031
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Illinois: $83,390 ±$362
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

12.3% ±4.7% (460  ±176) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Mercer County: 8.9% † 1,366 (±1.8% / ±273)
  • a little higher than the rate in Illinois: 11.8% 1,464,937 (±0.2% / ±18,161)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

18.8 minutes ±3 (33,150  ±6,426) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Mercer County: 28.1 183,235 (±1.6 / ±13,795)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Illinois: 27.8 143,793,920 (±0.1 / ±595,293)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,651 ±109 Number of households
  • Mercer County: 6,565 ±176
  • Illinois: 5,036,449 ±8,009
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.2 (3,749  ±26) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Mercer County: 2.3 15,327 (±0.1 / ±18)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,405,980
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

6% ±5.3% (57  ±51) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in Mercer County: 5.8% † 182 (±2.3% / ±72)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 4.9% 147,208 (±0.1% / ±3,564)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,815 ±118 Number of housing units
  • Mercer County: 7,285 ±30
  • Illinois: 5,457,452 ±471
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$147,400 ±$11,560 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Mercer County: $146,700 ±$7,887
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Illinois: $263,300 ±$797
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

7.2% ±3% (279  ±117.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Mercer County: 6.7% † 1,033 (±1.6% / ±244.8)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Illinois: 11.1% 1,396,426 (±0.1% / ±14,640.6)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

95.6% ±10.1% (2,638  ±296.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Mercer County: 93.9% 10,441 (±4.3% / ±485.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in Illinois: 90.5% 7,931,250 (±0.3% / ±22,974.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
25.2% ±5% (695  ±139.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Mercer County: 20.9% † 2,323 (±2.3% / ±250.2)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Illinois: 37.9% 3,318,149 (±0.2% / ±14,295.2)
  • about two-thirds 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

0.3% ±0.4% (10  ±15) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Mercer County: 1.1% 166
  • 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

6.7% ±2.4% (205  ±75) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Mercer County: 8.4% † 1,029 (±1.2% / ±143)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Illinois: 4.8% 478,196 (±0.1% / ±4,766)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
205 Total veterans ±75 200 Male ±73 5 Female ±7

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