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Mount Erie township, Wayne County, IL

260 Population
53.4 square miles 4.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38 ±14.4 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Wayne County: 42.8 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in Illinois: 39 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$29,905 ±$11,616 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Wayne County: $31,813 ±$2,605
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Illinois: $46,406 ±$212
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
N/A Median household income

21.7% ±22.8% (55  ±63) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Wayne County: 16.1% † 2,556 (±3.7% / ±592)
  • nearly double the rate in Illinois: 11.8% 1,464,937 (±0.2% / ±18,161)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

30.9 minutes ±6.3 (3,555  ±2,115) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Wayne County: 24.2 158,980 (±1.6 / ±12,221)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Illinois: 27.8 143,793,920 (±0.1 / ±595,293)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

107 ±50 Number of households
  • Wayne County: 6,866 ±191
  • Illinois: 5,036,449 ±8,009
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.2 (260  ±124) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Wayne County: 2.3 15,851 (±0.1 / ±5)
  • about the same as the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,405,980
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

20% ±19.9% (9  ±11) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Wayne County: 5.7% † 179 (±2% / ±64)
  • more than double the rate in Illinois: 4.9% 147,208 (±0.1% / ±3,564)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

125 ±56 Number of housing units
  • Wayne County: 7,680 ±30
  • Illinois: 5,457,452 ±471
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$110,200 ±$20,246 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Wayne County: $110,700 ±$6,140
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Illinois: $263,300 ±$797
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

N/A Moved since previous year

Social

97.7% ±56.1% (172  ±68.1) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Wayne County: 89.6% 10,071 (±4% / ±456.7)
  • about 10 percent 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)
19.3% ±20% (34  ±38) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Wayne County: 16.3% † 1,826 (±2% / ±223.5)
  • about half the rate in Illinois: 37.9% 3,318,149 (±0.2% / ±14,295.2)
  • 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

N/A Foreign-born population

13.7% ±10.6% (25  ±22) Population with veteran status
  • more than double the rate in Wayne County: 6.6% † 816 (±0.9% / ±105)
  • more than double the rate in Illinois: 4.8% 478,196 (±0.1% / ±4,766)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
25 Total veterans ±22 25 Male ±22 N/A Female ±13

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