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Southwestern Community Unit School District 9, IL

8,555 Population
173.3 square miles 49.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.1 ±3.3 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Macoupin County: 44.3 ±0.3
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Illinois: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$35,638 ±$3,045 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Macoupin County: $35,389 ±$1,355
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Illinois: $45,104 ±$196
$82,202 ±$6,131 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Macoupin County: $68,518 ±$4,261
  • about the same as the amount in Illinois: $81,702 ±$363

11.5% ±4.9% (970  ±416) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Macoupin County: 14.4% † 6,259 (±1.6% / ±715)
  • about the same as the rate in Illinois: 11.7% 1,454,217 (±0.2% / ±18,530)

28.6 minutes ±4.1 (103,865  ±10,268) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Macoupin County: 27.8 501,315 (±1.3 / ±29,934)
  • about the same as the figure in Illinois: 28.1 148,440,910 (±0.1 / ±701,124)

Families

3,071 ±251 Number of households
  • Macoupin County: 17,431 ±376
  • Illinois: 5,001,904 ±7,673
2.8 ±0.3 (8,489  ±600) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Macoupin County: 2.5 43,726 (±0.1 / ±20)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,414,044

4.7% ±2.7% (78  ±47) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Macoupin County: 5.9% † 546 (±1.9% / ±173)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Illinois: 5% 150,099 (±0.1% / ±3,035)

Housing

3,712 ±295 Number of housing units
  • Macoupin County: 21,108 ±41
  • Illinois: 5,443,501 ±767

$154,900 ±$11,200 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Macoupin County: $126,100 ±$6,577
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Illinois: $250,500 ±$863

6% ±2.8% (511  ±238.3) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Macoupin County: 9.6% † 4,217 (±1.4% / ±592.4)
  • about half the rate in Illinois: 11.5% 1,442,284 (±0.1% / ±14,975.1)

Social

93.4% ±11.3% (5,613  ±467.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Macoupin County: 90.8% 29,024 (±3.1% / ±994)
  • a little higher than the rate in Illinois: 90.3% 7,887,284 (±0.3% / ±22,684.6)
17.2% ±2.7% (1,031  ±186.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Macoupin County: 18.8% 6,000 (±1.5% / ±466.6)
  • about half 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

0.4% ±0.3% (38  ±27) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Macoupin County: 1% 458
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Illinois: 14.5% 1,833,810

8.5% ±2.1% (573  ±148) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Macoupin County: 7.8% † 2,767 (±0.8% / ±292)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Illinois: 5% 493,667 (±0.1% / ±4,919)
573 Total veterans ±148 535 Male ±143 38 Female ±37

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