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Census Tract 401, Mercer, IL

4,459 Population
113.6 square miles 39.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

47.6 ±3.4 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Sherrard: 42.9 † ±6.1
  • a little higher than the figure in Mercer County: 44.7 ±0.3

Economics

N/A Per capita income
$90,729 ±$8,694 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Sherrard: $98,750 † ±$20,832
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Mercer County: $74,182 ±$7,031

8.6% ±3.6% (382  ±164) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Sherrard: 9.3% † 64 (±5.2% / ±39)
  • a little less than the rate in Mercer County: 8.9% † 1,366 (±1.8% / ±273)

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Families

1,783 ±125 Number of households
  • Sherrard: 284 † ±65
  • Mercer County: 6,565 ±176
2.5 ±0.2 (4,459  ±261) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Sherrard: 2.4 691 (±0.1 / ±163)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Mercer County: 2.3 15,327 (±0.1 / ±18)

5.1% ±3.2% (47  ±30) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in Sherrard: 11.5% † 15 (±9.3% / ±13)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Mercer County: 5.8% † 182 (±2.3% / ±72)

Housing

2,022 ±112 Number of housing units
  • Sherrard: 303 † ±68
  • Mercer County: 7,285 ±30

$197,700 ±$19,371 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Sherrard: $150,200 ±$12,835
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Mercer County: $146,700 ±$7,887

3.7% ±2% (163  ±87) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Sherrard: 5.6% † 38 (±3.8% / ±27.1)
  • about half the rate in Mercer County: 6.7% † 1,033 (±1.6% / ±244.8)

Social

93% ±6.4% (3,061  ±277.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Sherrard: 93.7% † 457 (±27.3% / ±82.2)
  • about the same as the rate in Mercer County: 93.9% 10,441 (±4.3% / ±485.9)
23.9% ±4.4% (785  ±151.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Sherrard: 17.2% † 84 (±6.2% / ±35.9)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Mercer County: 20.9% † 2,323 (±2.3% / ±250.2)

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

1.1% ±0.8% (47  ±36) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Sherrard: 2.3% † 16 (±4% / ±28)
  • about the same as the rate in Mercer County: 1.1% 166

9.5% ±2.1% (342  ±79) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Sherrard: 9.5% † 54 (±3.6% / ±24)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Mercer County: 8.4% † 1,029 (±1.2% / ±143)
342 Total veterans ±79 299 Male ±65 43 Female ±26

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