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Brownstown, IL

839 Population
0.8 square miles 1,103.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

30.9 ±8.5 Median age
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Fayette County: 42.1 ±0.7
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Illinois: 38.5 ±0.2

Economics

$28,521 ±$11,338 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Fayette County: $24,461 ±$1,367
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Illinois: $39,571 ±$169
$41,042 ±$15,375 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Fayette County: $47,744 ±$3,412
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Illinois: $72,563 ±$319

27.5% ±14.8% (231  ±134) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Fayette County: 17.2% † 3,439 (±2.8% / ±569)
  • more than double the rate in Illinois: 11.8% 1,483,378 (±0.2% / ±20,330)

21.5 minutes ±3.3 (7,100  ±2,270) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Fayette County: 22.9 182,425 (±1.2 / ±13,513)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Illinois: 28.7 159,394,220 (±0.1 / ±640,721)

Families

300 ±56 Number of households
  • Fayette County: 7,609 ±202
  • Illinois: 4,930,255 ±7,843
2.8 ±0.3 (839  ±180) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Fayette County: 2.6 20,092 (±0.1 / ±277)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,531,764

15.4% ±12.3% (35  ±30) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Fayette County: 10% † 408 (±2.6% / ±106)
  • more than double the rate in Illinois: 5.1% 153,901 (±0.1% / ±2,855)

Housing

327 ±57 Number of housing units
  • Fayette County: 8,887 ±110
  • Illinois: 5,412,995 ±995

$68,300 ±$8,998 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Fayette County: $95,600 ±$7,027
  • about one-third of the amount in Illinois: $212,600 ±$688

10.1% ±7.4% (82  ±62.4) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Fayette County: 10% † 2,109 (±1.4% / ±298.9)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Illinois: 12.1% 1,538,036 (±0.1% / ±15,672.6)

Social

77.8% ±23.9% (416  ±77.9) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Fayette County: 86.4% 13,187 (±3.5% / ±570.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Illinois: 89.9% 7,879,557 (±0.2% / ±20,971.3)
9.2% ±5.9% (49  ±33.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Fayette County: 12.6% † 1,916 (±1.6% / ±242.5)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Illinois: 36.2% 3,169,569 (±0.2% / ±12,870.5)

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

N/A Foreign-born population

4.8% ±3.4% (29  ±22) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Fayette County: 7.9% † 1,335 (±1% / ±177)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Illinois: 5.4% 537,552 (±0.1% / ±4,907)
29 Total veterans ±22 26 Male ±23 3 Female ±4

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