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Population & Demographics

General Characteristics

Type Estimate Percent U.S. Percent
Total population Vermilion County 81,625    
Male 40,470 49.6 49.2
Female 41,155 50.4 50.9
Median age (years) 39.8 (X) 37.2
Under 5 years 5,483 6.7 6.5
18 years and over 61,697 75.6 76.0
65 years and over 13,302 16.3 13.0
One race 79,855 97.8 97.1
White 67,323 82.5 72.4
Black or African American 10,571 13.0 12.6
American Indian and Alaska Native 191 0.2 0.9
Asian 564 0.7 4.8
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander 17 N 0.2
Some other race 1,189 1.5 6.2
Two or more races 1,770 2.2 2.9
Hispanic or Latino (of any race) 3,441 4.2 16.3
Household population 78,722 96.4 100.0
Average household size 2.41 (X) 2.58
Average family size 2.96 (X) 3.14
Total housing units 36,318    
Occupied housing units 32,655 100.0 88.6
Owner-occupied housing units 22,830 69.9 65.1
Renter-occupied housing units 9,825 30.1 34.9
Vacant housing units 3,663 10.1 11.4

Social Characteristics

Type Estimate Percent U.S. Percent
Population 25 years and over 54,531    
High school graduate or higher (X) 85.8 85.6
Bachelor's degree or higher (X) 14.0 28.2
Civilian veterans (civilian population 18 years and over) 7,810 12.2 9.3
Disability status (population 5 years and over) 12,710 15.7 N
Foreign born 1,600 2.1 N
Male, Now married, except separated (population 15 years and over) 15,131 48.6 N
Female, Now married, except separated (population 15 years and over) 14,240 41.8 N
Speak a language other than English at home (population 5 years and over) 3,709 4.9 N

Economic Characteristics

Type Estimate Percent U.S. Percent
In labor force (population 16 years and over) 36,383 57.2 N
Mean travel time to work in minutes (workers 16 years and over) 20.1 (X) N
Median household income (dollars) 40,463 (X) N
Median family income (dollars) 51,322 (X) N
Per capita income dollars) 21,000 (X) N
Families below poverty level (X) 18.3 N
Individuals below poverty level (X) 21.4 N

Housing Characteristics

Type Estimate Percent U.S. Percent
Owner-occupied homes 22,753   65.1
Median value (dollars) 76,100 (X) N
Median of selected monthly owner costs 1,011 (X) N
With a mortgage (dollars/monthly owner costs) 12,694 (X) 45.4
Not mortgaged (dollars/monthly owner costs) 9,862 (X) 19.7

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2010 Census & 2011 American Community Survey update. View the full Census data details here.

 

Explanation of Symbols:

  1. An ‘(X)’ entry indicates that a value is not applicable or not available for the characteristic.
  2. An ‘N’ entry indicates that data for this geographic area cannot be displayed because the number of sample cases is too small.

Top Employers in Vermilion County, Illinois

  • Vermilion County Public Schools including Danville D#118
  • Veterans Affairs Illiana Health Care System
  • McLane Midwest Company, Inc.
  • OSF HealthCare Sacred Heart Medical Center
  • AutoZone
  • Vermilion County Government
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois
  • Quaker Oats Co.
  • thyssenkrupp Crankshaft
  • Watchfire Signs
  • Carle Physician Group
  • Danville Metal Stamping
  • thyssenkrupp Dynamic Components
  • Danville Correctional Center
  • Flex-N-Gate Plastics
  • Viscofan USA
  • CCMSI
  • Genpact
  • Sygma Network
  • City of Danville
  • Liberty Village 
  • Hyster-Yale
  • Danville Area Community College
  • Teasdale Foods
  • Full-Fill Industries
  • Private Parochial Schools in Vermilion County
  • Mervis Industries
  • Bunge Milling
  • DND Witzel-McDonalds
  • Steelgrip
  • Silgan Containers
  • Trigard/Greenwood Plastics
  • Fiberteq

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