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62959

27,779 Population
143 square miles 194.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.1 ±1 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Marion-Herrin, IL Micro Area: 41.4 ±0.4
  • a little higher than the figure in Illinois: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$37,957 ±$2,229 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Marion-Herrin, IL Micro Area: $37,096 ±$1,009
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Illinois: $45,104 ±$196
$69,914 ±$4,412 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Marion-Herrin, IL Micro Area: $65,521 ±$3,734
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Illinois: $81,702 ±$363

14.6% ±2.7% (3,768  ±705) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in the Marion-Herrin, IL Micro Area: 14.3% † 9,213 (±1.7% / ±1,093)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 11.7% 1,454,217 (±0.2% / ±18,530)

23.9 minutes ±1.9 (243,665  ±26,774) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in the Marion-Herrin, IL Micro Area: 23.2 626,835 (±1 / ±32,222)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Illinois: 28.1 148,440,910 (±0.1 / ±701,124)

Families

11,692 ±411 Number of households
  • the Marion-Herrin, IL Micro Area: 28,774 ±420
  • Illinois: 5,001,904 ±7,673
2.2 ±0.1 (25,951  ±860) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Marion-Herrin, IL Micro Area: 2.3 64,834 (±0 / ±67)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,414,044

6.3% ±2.2% (354  ±128) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in the Marion-Herrin, IL Micro Area: 6.5% † 904 (±1.5% / ±207)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 5% 150,099 (±0.1% / ±3,035)

Housing

12,997 ±433 Number of housing units
  • the Marion-Herrin, IL Micro Area: 31,957 ±52
  • Illinois: 5,443,501 ±767

$166,200 ±$7,283 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Marion-Herrin, IL Micro Area: $145,600 ±$6,800
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Illinois: $250,500 ±$863

14.5% ±2.4% (3,982  ±660.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Marion-Herrin, IL Micro Area: 12.9% † 8,528 (±1.5% / ±1,001.7)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 11.5% 1,442,284 (±0.1% / ±14,975.1)

Social

92.1% ±3.4% (18,492  ±920.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Marion-Herrin, IL Micro Area: 92.4% 44,398 (±2.9% / ±1,408.3)
  • about the same as the rate in Illinois: 90.3% 7,887,284 (±0.3% / ±22,684.6)
27.5% ±2.3% (5,530  ±491.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Marion-Herrin, IL Micro Area: 27.5% 13,188 (±1.6% / ±749.8)
  • about three-quarters of 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% ±0.5% (563  ±151) Foreign-born population
  • a little higher than the rate in the Marion-Herrin, IL Micro Area: 2% 1,318
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Illinois: 14.5% 1,833,810

9.2% ±1.4% (2,007  ±316) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in the Marion-Herrin, IL Micro Area: 8.7% 4,557 (±0.8% / ±437)
  • nearly double the rate in Illinois: 5% 493,667 (±0.1% / ±4,919)
2,007 Total veterans ±316 1,787 Male ±274 220 Female ±118

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