Mount Zion (Illinois)

Macon County

17-51206

Mount Zion is a Village in Macon County in the center of the U.S. state of Illinois. In 2000, Mount Zion had 4845 inhabitants.

Geography

Mount Zion is located at 39 ° 46'41 " north latitude and 88 ° 52'43 " west longitude. The site extends over 9.8 km ², which consist exclusively of land area.

Mount Zion is located 4.4 km southeast of the Lake Decatur pent Sangamon River, a left tributary of the Illinois River.

By Mount Zion runs the Illinois State Route 121, and a railway line. 7.8 km north of Mount Zion is the airport of Decatur. The city center of Decatur is located 14.6 km from Mount Zion.

Further nearest large towns in the area of Mount Zion are Illinois ' capital Springfield (78 miles west), Bloomington ( 87.1 km to the north), Champaign ( 84.9 km north east ) and Effingham ( 89.9 km south-southeast ).

Demographic data

In the census of 2000 a population of 4,845 was determined. These distributed to 1,819 households in 1,409 families. The population density was 494.1 / km ². There were 1,183 residential buildings, which corresponded to a housing density of 191.5 / km ².

The population consisted in 2000 of 98.1 % White, 0.2 % African American, 0.2% Indians and 0.8 % Asian. 0.7 % said to be descended from at least two of these groups. 0.2 % of the population were Hispanics who belonged to the various of the aforementioned groups.

28.3 % were under the age of 18, 7.2 % from 18 to 24, 28.0% 25-44, 26.2% from 45 to 64 and 10.3 % 65 and older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females were statistically 100.1 men in the over 18 -year-old 95.7.

The median income per household was $ 54,936, the median family income $ 60,530. The median income for men was $ 46,133 and for women about $ 25,438. The per capita income amounted to $ 22,784. 4.9 % of families and 5.0 % of the total population were below the poverty line income.