Incorporated on: 05/09/1834

Elevation: 626 feet

Land area: 1.37 square miles.

Population density: 2473 people per square mile (low).

Weather:

• Annual Chance of Sunshine – 54%


• Average Temperature
  • July High 85.7°
  • January Low 12.2°
• Precipitation
  • Average Annual Precipitation 36.13 inches
    

Total population (2010): 3388

• Males: 1,664 (49.1%)
• Females: 1,724 (50.9%)
• Median resident age: 38.3 years
• Illinois median age: 34.7 years
• Estimated median household income in 2009: Momence: $43,297 (it was $37,898 in 2000)
• Illinois: $53,966
Races in Momence
• White alone - 2510 (74.1%)
• Hispanic - 630 (18.6%)
• Black alone - 169 (5%)
• Two or more races - 62 (1.8%)
• Momence compared to Illinois state average:
  • Black race population percentage below state average.
  • Hispanic race population percentage significantly above state average.
  • Foreign-born population percentage above state average.
Ancestries:
• German (26.5%)
• Irish (14.1%)
• English (11.1%)
• French (10.0%)
• Polish (7.0%)
• Dutch (4.7%)

• For population 25 years and over in Momence:
• High school or higher: 73.2%
• Bachelor's degree or higher: 11.6%
• Graduate or professional degree: 5.1%
  • Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher below state average.

• Unemployed: 11.6%
• Mean travel time to work (commute): 19.5 minutes
Most common industries in 2005-2009(%)
• Manufacturing (12%)
• Educational services (12%)
• Construction (9%)
• Transportation and warehousing (9%)
• Retail trade (8%)
• Public administration (8%)
• Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (8%)

Household type:

• Households: 1,159
• 549 married couples with children.
• 157 single-parent households (47 men, 110 women).
• 88.2% of residents of Momence speak English at home.
• 10.3% of residents speak Spanish at home
  • 30% speak English very well
  • 27% speak English well
  • 41% speak English not well
  • 3% don't speak English at all
• 1.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home
  • 67% speak English very well
  • 21% speak English well
  • 12% speak English not well
• Foreign born population: 203 (6.4%)
  • (22.7% of them are naturalized citizens)

Number of houses:

• Houses: 1,232
• 1,167 occupied
• 786 owner occupied
• 381 renter occupied
  • % of renters here: 33%
  • State: 33%
• Housing density: 900 houses/condos per square mile
• Median gross rent in Momence, IL in 2009: $619
• Median monthly housing costs: $758
Estimated median house or condo value in 2009:
• Momence: $130,756 (it was $95,600 in 2000)
• Illinois: $202,200
Year house built
• 2005 or later: 35
• 2000 to 2004: 4
• 1990 to 1999: 124
• 1980 to 1989: 44
• 1970 to 1979: 103
• 1960 to 1969: 106
• 1950 to 1959: 208
• 1940 to 1949: 162
• 1939 or before: 642
  • Length of stay since moving in above state average.
  • House age significantly above state average.