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Mercer County School District 404, IL

7,985 Population
369.9 square miles 21.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.4 ±2.4 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Mercer County: 44.7 ±0.3
  • a little higher than the figure in Illinois: 39 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$36,896 ±$2,455 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Mercer County: $39,391 ±$1,834
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Illinois: $46,406 ±$212
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$66,630 ±$6,869 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Mercer County: $74,182 ±$7,031
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Illinois: $83,390 ±$362
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

11% ±2.9% (860  ±226) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Mercer County: 8.9% † 1,366 (±1.8% / ±273)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Illinois: 11.8% 1,464,937 (±0.2% / ±18,161)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

25.5 minutes ±1.5 (86,135  ±9,401) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Mercer County: 28.1 183,235 (±1.6 / ±13,795)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Illinois: 27.8 143,793,920 (±0.1 / ±595,293)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

3,524 ±175 Number of households
  • Mercer County: 6,565 ±176
  • Illinois: 5,036,449 ±8,009
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.1 (7,817  ±292) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Mercer County: 2.3 15,327 (±0.1 / ±18)
  • 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

6.9% ±3.8% (121  ±67) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Mercer County: 5.8% † 182 (±2.3% / ±72)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Illinois: 4.9% 147,208 (±0.1% / ±3,564)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

3,858 ±165 Number of housing units
  • Mercer County: 7,285 ±30
  • Illinois: 5,457,452 ±471
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$133,000 ±$9,807 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Mercer County: $146,700 ±$7,887
  • about half the amount in Illinois: $263,300 ±$797
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

7.1% ±2.1% (556  ±167.5) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in Mercer County: 6.7% † 1,033 (±1.6% / ±244.8)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Illinois: 11.1% 1,396,426 (±0.1% / ±14,640.6)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

94.5% ±5.7% (5,318  ±373) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Mercer County: 93.9% 10,441 (±4.3% / ±485.9)
  • 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)
20.8% ±3.4% (1,172  ±193.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Mercer County: 20.9% † 2,323 (±2.3% / ±250.2)
  • about half the rate in Illinois: 37.9% 3,318,149 (±0.2% / ±14,295.2)
  • about three-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

0.6% ±0.3% (49  ±22) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Mercer County: 1.1% 166
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Illinois: 14.8% 1,872,449
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

8.4% ±1.9% (521  ±117) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Mercer County: 8.4% † 1,029 (±1.2% / ±143)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Illinois: 4.8% 478,196 (±0.1% / ±4,766)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
521 Total veterans ±117 514 Male ±114 7 Female ±8

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