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Census Tract 506, Jefferson, IL

2,957 Population
4.7 square miles 632.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

47.1 ±2.3 Median age
  • about 20 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

$41,157 ±$6,046 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Mount Vernon: $31,841 ±$2,891
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Jefferson County: $33,038 ±$1,285
$70,066 ±$11,532 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Mount Vernon: $55,357 ±$4,203
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Jefferson County: $63,118 ±$2,847

12.1% ±6.2% (350  ±183) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Mount Vernon: 17.3% † 2,340 (±3.2% / ±434)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Jefferson County: 13.5% † 4,726 (±1.7% / ±604)

13.7 minutes ±2.2 (20,600  ±4,636) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as 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

1,302 ±164 Number of households
  • Mount Vernon: 6,108 ±248
  • Jefferson County: 14,820 ±266
2.2 ±0.4 (2,859  ±284) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Mount Vernon: 2.2 13,585 (±0.1 / ±364)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Jefferson County: 2.4 35,058 (±0 / ±39)

2.1% ±3.2% (12  ±18) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Mount Vernon: 4.9% † 150 (±1.9% / ±59)
  • about one-third of the rate in Jefferson County: 5.9% † 434 (±1.1% / ±83)

Housing

1,484 ±182 Number of housing units
  • Mount Vernon: 7,131 ±245
  • Jefferson County: 16,629 ±74

$133,700 ±$12,045 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Mount Vernon: $99,800 † ±$10,409
  • a little higher than the amount in Jefferson County: $126,000 ±$6,496

13% ±5.4% (382  ±163.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Mount Vernon: 16.6% † 2,312 (±3.1% / ±429.3)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Jefferson County: 11% † 3,959 (±1.4% / ±504.4)

Social

98.1% ±8.9% (2,134  ±285) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Mount Vernon: 94.1% 9,320 (±5.5% / ±625.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in Jefferson County: 92.4% 23,802 (±3% / ±772.7)
29.4% ±5.6% (640  ±136.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Mount Vernon: 18.5% † 1,835 (±2.4% / ±247.9)
  • more than 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

2.1% ±1.4% (62  ±42) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Mount Vernon: 2.5% † 355 (±0.9% / ±125)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Jefferson County: 1.9% 680

6.6% ±4.3% (156  ±103) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Mount Vernon: 8.2% † 890 (±1.4% / ±157)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Jefferson County: 7.7% 2,196 (±0.7% / ±195)
156 Total veterans ±103 156 Male ±103 N/A Female ±13

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