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Mount Clare
Illinoisvillage
Mount Clare
Total population
292
Median home value
$102,500
Bachelor's+
Median income
$66,875
Demographic figures from US Census Bureau · ACS 5-year estimates. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
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Overview
Mount Clare is a village in Macoupin County, Illinois, United States. Its population was 311 at the 2020 census.
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Geography
Mount Clare is located in southeastern Macoupin County and is bordered to the east by the city of Benld, and Gillespie is to the north. Illinois Route 4 runs north–south through the east side of the village, while Illinois Route 138 leads southwest to Wilsonville. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Mount Clare has a total area of , of which are land and , or 2.47%, are water. The village is drained by the headwaters of Big Branch, a south-flowing tributary of Cahokia Creek, which runs to the Mississippi River northeast of St. Louis.
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Race & ethnicity
Source: US Census Bureau — American Community Survey, 5-year estimates.
Geography
Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.
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Health (adults)
Age-adjusted prevalence estimates from CDC PLACES (latest release).
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Schools
Largest nearby schools
- Staunton Elem SchoolElementary · Staunton · 563 students · 15.2:1 ratio
- Ben-Gil Elementary SchoolElementary · Gillespie · 552 students · 13.1:1 ratio
- Staunton High SchoolHigh · Staunton · 411 students · 15.8:1 ratio
- Wolf Ridge Education CenterElementary · Bunker Hill · 360 students · 13.8:1 ratio
- Mt Olive Elementary SchoolElementary · Mount Olive · 357 students · 12.3:1 ratio
- Gillespie High SchoolHigh · Gillespie · 340 students · 13.1:1 ratio
- Gillespie Middle SchoolMiddle · Gillespie · 248 students · 14.6:1 ratio
- Staunton Jr High SchoolMiddle · Staunton · 243 students · 13.5:1 ratio
Public K–12 schools within ~10 mi from Urban Institute Education Data Portal (NCES Common Core of Data, 2022).
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Nearby places in Illinois
- Benld1.7 mi away
- Gillespie2.1 mi away
- Eagarville3 mi away
- East Gillespie3 mi away
- Dorchester3 mi away · pop. 182
- Lake Ka-Ho4.7 mi away
- Mount Olive5.9 mi away
- New Douglas12.6 mi away
- Carlinville12.7 mi away · pop. 5,480
- Holiday Shores13 mi away
- Chesterfield16.6 mi away · pop. 201
- Brighton16.9 mi away · pop. 2,306
Geography & sun
Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.
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Sources
- • Wikipedia
- • US Census Bureau (ACS 5-year estimates)
- • Wikidata
- • NCES via Urban Institute Education Data Portal
- • CDC PLACES
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
- • Wikipedia Pageviews API