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Mount Vernon, IL Micro Area

36,808 Population
571.2 square miles 64.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.1 ±0.4 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.7 ±0.1

Economics

$31,541 ±$1,281 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $43,289 ±$119
$61,102 ±$2,397 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $78,538 ±$176

14.2% ±1.5% (4,975  ±522) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.4% 40,390,044 (±0.1% / ±272,803)

19.7 minutes ±0.5 (295,480  ±13,033) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

14,805 ±280 Number of households
  • United States: 127,482,864 ±208,633
2.4 ±0.1 (35,303  ±41) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 324,275,230

6.3% ±1.3% (466  ±98) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,128 (±0% / ±22,535)

Housing

16,650 ±51 Number of housing units
  • United States: 142,332,880 ±9,434

$118,400 ±$3,997 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $303,400 ±$362

11.5% ±1.5% (4,165  ±559.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.7% 41,707,981 (±0% / ±144,000.6)

Social

91.4% ±2.9% (23,614  ±749.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.4% 204,204,445 (±0.1% / ±279,113.6)
18.4% ±1.3% (4,748  ±326.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in United States: 35% 79,954,302 (±0.1% / ±180,792.5)

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

1.8% (653  ±118) Foreign-born population
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,108,900

8.2% ±0.7% (2,335  ±211) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,569,149 (±0% / ±47,618)
2,335 Total veterans ±211 2,156 Male ±213 179 Female ±92

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