With 5,726 people, Du Quoin is a city in Illinois. Four-year degrees are less common here than nationally, at 12% of adults. 29.6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The typical home is worth $83,100, having risen by half since 2000. The foreign-born share is 1%. Households here earn about 35% less than in Illinois as a whole.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $54,409, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Older
median age 41.1
US median: 38.9
Less educated
12% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Stable housing
home values roughly flat, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Du Quoin
What changed most since 1990
Adults with a bachelor's degree8.4% → 11.7%(+3.3 pts)US over the same years: +15.3 pts
Poverty rate20.1% → 29.6%(+9.6 pts)US over the same years: −0.8 pts
White share93.5% → 86.0%(−7.5 pts)US over the same years: −17.8 pts
Its weight in Perry County
Du Quoin's population equals 28% of Perry County's. Its number of people who work from home equals 11% of the county's. Its number of households without a car equals 66% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)10.1%(31)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)14.3%(44)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era29.2%(90)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War22.4%(69)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0%(0)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 308 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Du Quoin, decade by decade
Du Quoin population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
6,697
$47,603
$88,323
8.4%
15.3
2000
6,448
$53,054
$85,071
13.1%
24.1
2010
6,109
$46,126
$93,507
16.1%
25.3
2020
5,827
$50,610
$87,994
13.6%
32.5
2024
5,726
$54,409
$83,100
11.7%
31.6
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
