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Du Quoin Community Unit School District 300, IL

8,651 Population
104.4 square miles 82.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.5 ±2.1 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Perry County: 42.2 ±0.7
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Illinois: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$30,381 ±$2,925 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Perry County: $29,720 ±$1,789
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Illinois: $45,104 ±$196
$57,660 ±$3,768 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Perry County: $59,286 ±$4,702
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Illinois: $81,702 ±$363

21.4% ±5.2% (1,795  ±446) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Perry County: 16.9% † 3,098 (±3.6% / ±650)
  • nearly double the rate in Illinois: 11.7% 1,454,217 (±0.2% / ±18,530)

23.6 minutes ±2.2 (72,895  ±11,630) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Perry County: 24.4 184,945 (±1.2 / ±13,681)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Illinois: 28.1 148,440,910 (±0.1 / ±701,124)

Families

3,625 ±255 Number of households
  • Perry County: 7,994 ±234
  • Illinois: 5,001,904 ±7,673
2.3 ±0.2 (8,392  ±342) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Perry County: 2.3 18,391 (±0.1 / ±63)
  • a little less than the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,414,044

1.2% ±1.5% (24  ±30) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-third of the rate in Perry County: 3.5% † 137 (±2% / ±81)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Illinois: 5% 150,099 (±0.1% / ±3,035)

Housing

4,222 ±253 Number of housing units
  • Perry County: 9,166 ±53
  • Illinois: 5,443,501 ±767

$92,200 ±$8,060 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Perry County: $105,200 ±$6,698
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Illinois: $250,500 ±$863

13.7% ±4.5% (1,182  ±392.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Perry County: 11.4% † 2,349 (±2.2% / ±461)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 11.5% 1,442,284 (±0.1% / ±14,975.1)

Social

88.6% ±6.2% (5,329  ±453.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Perry County: 85.4% 12,878 (±4.4% / ±668.8)
  • about the same as the rate in Illinois: 90.3% 7,887,284 (±0.3% / ±22,684.6)
12.9% ±2.7% (776  ±167.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Perry County: 12.3% † 1,850 (±1.9% / ±282.7)
  • about one-third 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

0.7% ±0.7% (63  ±56) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Perry County: 1.4% 296
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Illinois: 14.5% 1,833,810

7.5% ±2% (510  ±136) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Perry County: 8.2% † 1,369 (±1.3% / ±219)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Illinois: 5% 493,667 (±0.1% / ±4,919)
510 Total veterans ±136 510 Male ±136 N/A Female ±17

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