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62898

1,968 Population
53.9 square miles 36.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.7 ±4.2 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Mount Vernon, IL Micro Area: 41.2 ±0.4
  • a little less than the figure in Illinois: 39 ±0.1

Economics

$36,213 ±$3,886 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Mount Vernon, IL Micro Area: $33,038 ±$1,285
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Illinois: $46,406 ±$212
$74,297 ±$10,783 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Mount Vernon, IL Micro Area: $63,118 ±$2,847
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Illinois: $83,390 ±$362

9.4% ±3.4% (185  ±72) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Mount Vernon, IL Micro Area: 13.5% † 4,726 (±1.7% / ±604)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Illinois: 11.8% 1,464,937 (±0.2% / ±18,161)

24.3 minutes ±3.2 (19,615  ±4,761) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in the Mount Vernon, IL Micro Area: 19.6 296,825 (±0.6 / ±13,472)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Illinois: 27.8 143,793,920 (±0.1 / ±595,293)

Families

769 ±95 Number of households
  • the Mount Vernon, IL Micro Area: 14,820 ±266
  • Illinois: 5,036,449 ±8,009
2.5 ±0.2 (1,949  ±280) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Mount Vernon, IL Micro Area: 2.4 35,058 (±0 / ±39)
  • a little higher than the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,405,980

11.9% ±6.1% (49  ±27) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about double the rate in the Mount Vernon, IL Micro Area: 5.9% † 434 (±1.1% / ±83)
  • more than double the rate in Illinois: 4.9% 147,208 (±0.1% / ±3,564)

Housing

821 ±99 Number of housing units
  • the Mount Vernon, IL Micro Area: 16,629 ±74
  • Illinois: 5,457,452 ±471

$158,800 ±$21,747 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the Mount Vernon, IL Micro Area: $126,000 ±$6,496
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Illinois: $263,300 ±$797

9.5% ±4.6% (183  ±91.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Mount Vernon, IL Micro Area: 11% † 3,959 (±1.4% / ±504.4)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Illinois: 11.1% 1,396,426 (±0.1% / ±14,640.6)

Social

94.3% ±16.7% (1,264  ±144) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Mount Vernon, IL Micro Area: 92.4% 23,802 (±3% / ±772.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in Illinois: 90.5% 7,931,250 (±0.3% / ±22,974.6)
24.8% ±5.1% (333  ±82) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Mount Vernon, IL Micro Area: 18.2% 4,683 (±1.3% / ±327.4)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Illinois: 37.9% 3,318,149 (±0.2% / ±14,295.2)

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

1.2% ±1% (23  ±19) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Mount Vernon, IL Micro Area: 1.9% 680
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Illinois: 14.8% 1,872,449

6% ±2% (88  ±32) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Mount Vernon, IL Micro Area: 7.7% 2,196 (±0.7% / ±195)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 4.8% 478,196 (±0.1% / ±4,766)
88 Total veterans ±32 81 Male ±31 7 Female ±10

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