Pay and cost of living in Mercer County, IL
Across the 2 occupations we cover in Mercer County, IL, the middle median salary is $31,615 a year. Pay runs from $31,200 for Fast Food and Counter Workers up to $32,030 for Retail Salespersons, a spread of $830. Wages come from the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL survey area.
A one-bedroom apartment in Mercer County, IL has a HUD Fair Market Rent of $852 a month and a two-bedroom $1,056. Rent, food, home energy and gasoline for one adult add up to $17,241 a year. After federal, FICA and state income taxes, the average occupation here takes home $26,107 a year, and every one of the 2 occupations listed here earns enough take-home pay to cover the four basics.
Open any occupation below for its full payslip, the tax breakdown, the rent comparison and a plain-English explanation of what is left after the basics. Every figure uses the same method, so results are comparable from one job and one county to the next.
Housing, taxes and commute in Mercer County, IL
The figures below are exact U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates for Mercer County, IL, set beside the Illinois and national medians.
Median household income in Mercer County, IL is $74,182, 11% below the Illinois median of $83,390 and $80,734 nationally. A year of one-bedroom Fair Market Rent ($10,224) equals 13.8% of that income. The median of the occupation medians listed here, $31,615, is 57% below household income, which is expected because a household can hold more than one earner.
Homeowners in Mercer County, IL pay a median of $2,878 a year in real estate taxes, 46% below the Illinois median of $5,298. With a median home value of $146,700, 44% below the Illinois median of $263,300, the ratio of the two medians is 1.96% a year.
Renters in Mercer County, IL pay a median gross rent of $786 a month in the Census survey, 38% below the Illinois median of $1,274. HUD's one-bedroom Fair Market Rent used for the budgets on this site is $852; the Census figure covers rental units of every size.
Workers in Mercer County, IL who travel to a workplace spend an average of 28.1 minutes each way, 1% above the Illinois average of 27.8. 10.1% of workers work from home, compared with 15.1% nationally.