Census Reporter Logo Census Reporter

Mount Vernon, IL

14,492 Population
14.6 square miles 989.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

Find data for this place

Hover for margins of error and contextual data.

Demographics

39 ±1.3 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Mount Vernon, IL Micro Area: 41.1 ±0.4
  • about the same as the figure in Illinois: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$29,722 ±$2,322 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Mount Vernon, IL Micro Area: $31,541 ±$1,281
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Illinois: $45,104 ±$196
$52,751 ±$3,097 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Mount Vernon, IL Micro Area: $61,102 ±$2,397
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Illinois: $81,702 ±$363

18.7% ±2.9% (2,604  ±410) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Mount Vernon, IL Micro Area: 14.2% † 4,975 (±1.5% / ±522)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Illinois: 11.7% 1,454,217 (±0.2% / ±18,530)

13.7 minutes ±0.9 (84,045  ±8,532) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in the Mount Vernon, IL Micro Area: 19.7 295,480 (±0.5 / ±13,033)
  • about half the figure in Illinois: 28.1 148,440,910 (±0.1 / ±701,124)

Families

6,200 ±249 Number of households
  • the Mount Vernon, IL Micro Area: 14,805 ±280
  • Illinois: 5,001,904 ±7,673
2.3 ±0.1 (14,024  ±434) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Mount Vernon, IL Micro Area: 2.4 35,303 (±0.1 / ±41)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,414,044

5.1% ±2% (159  ±63) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Mount Vernon, IL Micro Area: 6.3% † 466 (±1.3% / ±98)
  • about the same as the rate in Illinois: 5% 150,099 (±0.1% / ±3,035)

Housing

7,196 ±271 Number of housing units
  • the Mount Vernon, IL Micro Area: 16,650 ±51
  • Illinois: 5,443,501 ±767

$89,700 ±$6,973 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Mount Vernon, IL Micro Area: $118,400 ±$3,997
  • about one-third of the amount in Illinois: $250,500 ±$863

17.6% ±3.3% (2,508  ±473.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Mount Vernon, IL Micro Area: 11.5% † 4,165 (±1.5% / ±559.8)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Illinois: 11.5% 1,442,284 (±0.1% / ±14,975.1)

Social

93.5% ±4.9% (9,430  ±582.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Mount Vernon, IL Micro Area: 91.4% 23,614 (±2.9% / ±749.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in Illinois: 90.3% 7,887,284 (±0.3% / ±22,684.6)
19% ±2.2% (1,913  ±235.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Mount Vernon, IL Micro Area: 18.4% 4,748 (±1.3% / ±326.6)
  • about half the rate in Illinois: 37.2% 3,249,494 (±0.2% / ±13,788.4)

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

2.5% ±0.9% (360  ±128) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Mount Vernon, IL Micro Area: 1.8% 653
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Illinois: 14.5% 1,833,810

9.1% ±1.7% (1,013  ±193) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Mount Vernon, IL Micro Area: 8.2% 2,335 (±0.7% / ±211)
  • nearly double the rate in Illinois: 5% 493,667 (±0.1% / ±4,919)
1,013 Total veterans ±193 934 Male ±190 79 Female ±78

Hover for margins of error and contextual data.