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Census Tract 9579, Alexander, IL

729 Population
3.9 square miles 185.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

48.7 ±8.7 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Cairo: 43.8 † ±5.1
  • about the same as the figure in Alexander County: 48 ±1.5

Economics

$24,257 ±$4,849 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Cairo: $25,276 † ±$3,770
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Alexander County: $29,379 ±$2,230
$27,021 ±$5,904 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Cairo: $41,912 † ±$8,310
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Alexander County: $47,043 † ±$5,354

15.2% ±6.3% (102  ±50) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Cairo: 19% † 308 (±8.9% / ±150)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Alexander County: 19% † 908 (±4.7% / ±223)

34.7 minutes ±16.1 (7,935  ±4,505) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Cairo: 36.8 † 19,035 (±9 / ±6,084)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Alexander County: 30.6 † 49,875 (±3.1 / ±6,441)

Families

305 ±77 Number of households
  • Cairo: 664 † ±87
  • Alexander County: 1,904 ±119
2.2 ±0.2 (655  ±177) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Cairo: 2.4 † 1,597 (±0.4 / ±207)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Alexander County: 2.5 4,752 (±0.2 / ±8)

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

603 ±85 Number of housing units
  • Cairo: 1,199 ±100
  • Alexander County: 2,938 ±16

$28,800 ±$15,173 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Cairo: $32,000 † ±$15,027
  • about half the amount in Alexander County: $59,800 † ±$7,126

7.3% ±6.4% (53  ±48.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Cairo: 8% † 134 (±7.4% / ±124.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Alexander County: 6.6% † 319 (±3.5% / ±169.4)

Social

87.6% ±7% (493  ±115.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Cairo: 82.5% 967 (±6.7% / ±147.7)
  • about the same as the rate in Alexander County: 87.5% 3,058 (±6.1% / ±220.8)
9.2% ±6.8% (52  ±39.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Cairo: 13.2% † 155 (±5.2% / ±64.3)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Alexander County: 12.6% † 439 (±2.7% / ±93.7)

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

2.9% ±3.1% (21  ±23) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Cairo: 1.3% † 21 (±1.4% / ±23)
  • more than double the rate in Alexander County: 1% 48

6% ±5.1% (38  ±33) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Cairo: 8% † 103 (±3.5% / ±47)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Alexander County: 9.2% † 354 (±1.8% / ±68)
38 Total veterans ±33 26 Male ±27 12 Female ±18

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