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Vandalia Community Unit School District 203, IL

11,578 Population
233.6 square miles 49.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.7 ±1.8 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Fayette County: 41.9 ±0.8
  • 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

$33,971 ±$3,399 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Fayette County: $32,197 ±$1,813
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Illinois: $46,406 ±$212
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$62,625 ±$4,599 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Fayette County: $60,944 ±$3,842
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Illinois: $83,390 ±$362
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

17.4% ±4.5% (1,830  ±483) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Fayette County: 15.5% † 3,117 (±2.6% / ±527)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Illinois: 11.8% 1,464,937 (±0.2% / ±18,161)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

24.6 minutes ±1.8 (111,355  ±13,346) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Fayette County: 25.5 214,560 (±1 / ±14,306)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Illinois: 27.8 143,793,920 (±0.1 / ±595,293)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

4,333 ±219 Number of households
  • Fayette County: 7,814 ±188
  • Illinois: 5,036,449 ±8,009
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.1 (10,637  ±592) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Fayette County: 2.6 20,324 (±0.1 / ±69)
  • about the same as the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,405,980
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

7.1% ±3.4% (179  ±88) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in Fayette County: 7.1% † 310 (±2.1% / ±92)
  • about 1.5 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

4,879 ±227 Number of housing units
  • Fayette County: 8,808 ±77
  • Illinois: 5,457,452 ±471
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$137,200 ±$11,196 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Fayette County: $130,700 ±$9,309
  • about half the amount in Illinois: $263,300 ±$797
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

12.1% ±3.7% (1,382  ±427.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Fayette County: 8.7% † 1,825 (±2.1% / ±450.4)
  • 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

87.4% ±5% (7,470  ±539.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Fayette County: 87.3% 13,175 (±4% / ±605.5)
  • a little less than the rate in Illinois: 90.5% 7,931,250 (±0.3% / ±22,974.6)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
20.4% ±3.4% (1,747  ±303.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Fayette County: 17.2% † 2,592 (±2.2% / ±337)
  • 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

1.1% ±0.7% (129  ±78) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Fayette County: 0.9% 189
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Illinois: 14.8% 1,872,449
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.5% ±1.5% (619  ±144) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Fayette County: 6.7% † 1,141 (±0.9% / ±152)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Illinois: 4.8% 478,196 (±0.1% / ±4,766)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
619 Total veterans ±144 596 Male ±146 23 Female ±23

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