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Census Tract 505, Jefferson, IL

3,414 Population
27.8 square miles 122.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.2 ±5.9 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Mount Vernon: 38.9 ±1.5
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Jefferson County: 41.2 ±0.4

Economics

$40,343 ±$4,847 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Mount Vernon: $31,841 ±$2,891
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Jefferson County: $33,038 ±$1,285
$55,841 ±$6,528 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Mount Vernon: $55,357 ±$4,203
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Jefferson County: $63,118 ±$2,847

20.8% ±7.2% (684  ±248) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Mount Vernon: 17.3% † 2,340 (±3.2% / ±434)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Jefferson County: 13.5% † 4,726 (±1.7% / ±604)

13.3 minutes ±1.1 (18,880  ±3,237) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Mount Vernon: 14 85,700 (±0.9 / ±7,990)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Jefferson County: 19.6 296,825 (±0.6 / ±13,472)

Families

1,744 ±172 Number of households
  • Mount Vernon: 6,108 ±248
  • Jefferson County: 14,820 ±266
1.9 ±0.1 (3,231  ±340) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Mount Vernon: 2.2 13,585 (±0.1 / ±364)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Jefferson County: 2.4 35,058 (±0 / ±39)

1.1% ±1.8% (8  ±13) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Mount Vernon: 4.9% † 150 (±1.9% / ±59)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Jefferson County: 5.9% † 434 (±1.1% / ±83)

Housing

1,968 ±173 Number of housing units
  • Mount Vernon: 7,131 ±245
  • Jefferson County: 16,629 ±74

$167,000 ±$21,275 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Mount Vernon: $99,800 † ±$10,409
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Jefferson County: $126,000 ±$6,496

23.7% ±9.3% (807  ±326.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Mount Vernon: 16.6% † 2,312 (±3.1% / ±429.3)
  • more than double the rate in Jefferson County: 11% † 3,959 (±1.4% / ±504.4)

Social

94.5% ±7.9% (2,471  ±301.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Mount Vernon: 94.1% 9,320 (±5.5% / ±625.5)
  • about the same as the rate in Jefferson County: 92.4% 23,802 (±3% / ±772.7)
27.3% ±5.4% (714  ±154.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Mount Vernon: 18.5% † 1,835 (±2.4% / ±247.9)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Jefferson County: 18.2% 4,683 (±1.3% / ±327.4)

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

2.2% ±1.4% (74  ±47) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Mount Vernon: 2.5% † 355 (±0.9% / ±125)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Jefferson County: 1.9% 680

8.3% ±2.8% (230  ±81) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Mount Vernon: 8.2% † 890 (±1.4% / ±157)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Jefferson County: 7.7% 2,196 (±0.7% / ±195)
230 Total veterans ±81 225 Male ±82 5 Female ±5

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