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West City, IL

662 Population
1.6 square miles 411.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.8 ±11.5 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Franklin County: 43.4 ±0.5
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Illinois: 39 ±0.1
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$36,301 ±$13,923 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Franklin County: $31,012 ±$1,381
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Illinois: $46,406 ±$212
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$48,750 ±$6,679 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Franklin County: $56,740 ±$3,913
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Illinois: $83,390 ±$362
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

20.4% ±9.5% (135  ±69) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Franklin County: 17.5% † 6,414 (±2.2% / ±792)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Illinois: 11.8% 1,464,937 (±0.2% / ±18,161)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

21.3 minutes ±2.8 (5,935  ±1,959) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Franklin County: 26.9 382,275 (±1.3 / ±22,815)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Illinois: 27.8 143,793,920 (±0.1 / ±595,293)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

290 ±58 Number of households
  • Franklin County: 16,137 ±344
  • Illinois: 5,036,449 ±8,009
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.1 (662  ±136) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Franklin County: 2.3 36,866 (±0.1 / ±12)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,405,980
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

1.5% ±3.6% (2  ±5) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Franklin County: 6.9% † 533 (±1.7% / ±133)
  • about one-third of the rate in Illinois: 4.9% 147,208 (±0.1% / ±3,564)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

314 ±58 Number of housing units
  • Franklin County: 18,462 ±45
  • Illinois: 5,457,452 ±471
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$71,400 ±$21,228 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Franklin County: $89,000 ±$3,455
  • about one-quarter of the amount in Illinois: $263,300 ±$797
  • about one-fifth of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

17.5% ±10% (115  ±70.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Franklin County: 11.8% † 4,330 (±1.8% / ±653.3)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Illinois: 11.1% 1,396,426 (±0.1% / ±14,640.6)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

93.4% ±25.6% (439  ±80) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Franklin County: 89.6% 23,685 (±3.1% / ±816.1)
  • a little higher than the rate in Illinois: 90.5% 7,931,250 (±0.3% / ±22,974.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
10.2% ±6.2% (48  ±30.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Franklin County: 15.8% 4,165 (±1.4% / ±375.7)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Illinois: 37.9% 3,318,149 (±0.2% / ±14,295.2)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

1.8% ±1.8% (12  ±12) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Franklin County: 1.2% 450
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Illinois: 14.8% 1,872,449
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.6% ±4.4% (36  ±25) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Franklin County: 8.2% † 2,380 (±0.9% / ±254)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Illinois: 4.8% 478,196 (±0.1% / ±4,766)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
36 Total veterans ±25 29 Male ±18 7 Female ±10

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