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Metropolis, IL Urban Area

5,706 Population
3 square miles 1,909.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.2 ±2.9 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$26,366 ±$3,293 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$48,883 ±$5,200 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

17.9% ±5% (958  ±268) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

15.8 minutes ±1.3 (33,265  ±4,988) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-fifths of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

2,379 ±204 Number of households
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.2 (5,477  ±131) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

2.9% ±2.7% (39  ±36) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

3,043 ±178 Number of housing units
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$81,300 ±$12,718 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

11.1% ±5.1% (631  ±290.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

86.5% ±8.2% (3,603  ±384.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
14% ±4% (585  ±168) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths 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

2.6% ±1.2% (149  ±71) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

8.1% ±2.3% (363  ±104) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
363 Total veterans ±104 363 Male ±104 N/A Female ±18

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