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Du Quoin Community Unit School District 300, IL

8,648 Population
104.4 square miles 82.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.4 ±1.7 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Perry County: 42 ±0.9
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Illinois: 39 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$30,637 ±$2,878 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Perry County: $30,897 ±$1,662
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Illinois: $46,406 ±$212
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$59,911 ±$2,848 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Perry County: $62,118 ±$5,559
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Illinois: $83,390 ±$362
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

23.9% ±5.4% (2,004  ±464) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Perry County: 16.9% † 3,064 (±3.1% / ±557)
  • about double the rate in Illinois: 11.8% 1,464,937 (±0.2% / ±18,161)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

22.5 minutes ±3 (70,325  ±13,045) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Perry County: 24.3 178,945 (±1.5 / ±14,712)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Illinois: 27.8 143,793,920 (±0.1 / ±595,293)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

3,544 ±262 Number of households
  • Perry County: 7,875 ±250
  • Illinois: 5,036,449 ±8,009
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.2 (8,381  ±347) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Perry County: 2.3 18,115 (±0.1 / ±71)
  • a little less than the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,405,980
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

0.6% ±0.9% (10  ±16) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Perry County: 3.8% † 144 (±1.8% / ±68)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Illinois: 4.9% 147,208 (±0.1% / ±3,564)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

4,161 ±255 Number of housing units
  • Perry County: 9,152 ±47
  • Illinois: 5,457,452 ±471
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$96,900 ±$10,310 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Perry County: $112,600 ±$6,796
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Illinois: $263,300 ±$797
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

12.6% ±4.4% (1,083  ±385.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Perry County: 10.4% † 2,123 (±2.1% / ±435.5)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 11.1% 1,396,426 (±0.1% / ±14,640.6)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

90.1% ±5.9% (5,282  ±437.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Perry County: 85.9% 12,794 (±4.1% / ±612.5)
  • about the same as the rate in Illinois: 90.5% 7,931,250 (±0.3% / ±22,974.6)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
15.3% ±3% (895  ±180.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Perry County: 13.7% † 2,036 (±1.9% / ±280.3)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Illinois: 37.9% 3,318,149 (±0.2% / ±14,295.2)
  • 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

0.7% ±0.5% (62  ±40) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Perry County: 1.2% 250
  • 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

6.9% ±1.7% (464  ±116) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Perry County: 7.8% † 1,299 (±1% / ±170)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Illinois: 4.8% 478,196 (±0.1% / ±4,766)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
464 Total veterans ±116 449 Male ±112 15 Female ±20

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