Mount Auburn, Illinois

Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox settlement Mount Auburn is a village in Christian County, Illinois, United States. The population was 452 at the 2020 census.

History

Mount Auburn was founded on July 11, 1839. It was seriously considered as possibility for the state capital at the time the center of government was moved from Vandalia to Springfield.Template:Cn

Geography

According to the 2021 census gazetteer files, Mount Auburn has a total area of Template:Convert, of which Template:Convert (or 99.90%) is land and Template:Convert (or 0.10%) is water.<ref name="gaz2021">Template:Cite web</ref>

Demographics

Template:US Census population As of the 2020 census<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> there were 452 people, 273 households, and 172 families residing in the village. The population density was Template:Convert. There were 215 housing units at an average density of Template:Convert. The racial makeup of the village was 93.14% White, 0.22% African American, 0.66% Asian, 1.33% from other races, and 4.65% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.66% of the population.

There were 273 households, out of which 40.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.61% were married couples living together, 1.83% had a female householder with no husband present, and 37.00% were non-families. 27.11% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.45% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.91 and the average family size was 2.36.

The village's age distribution consisted of 22.8% under the age of 18, 5.9% from 18 to 24, 39.2% from 25 to 44, 23.3% from 45 to 64, and 8.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38.7 years. For every 100 females, there were 119.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.7 males.

The median income for a household in the village was $49,904, and the median income for a family was $67,717. Males had a median income of $31,250 versus $29,479 for females. The per capita income for the village was $22,930. About 4.1% of families and 9.0% of the population were below the poverty line, including none of those under age 18 and 7.0% of those age 65 or over.

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