Pierron is a village in

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. The population was 459 at the 2020 census, down from 600 at the 2010 census.

History

The first post office was established at Pierron in 1870.Allan H. Keith
''Historical Stories: About Greenville and Bond County, IL''
Consulted on August 15, 2007. Pierron was laid out as a village in 1871, and named for its founder Jacques Pierron. Pierron was incorporated as a village in 1893.

Geography

Pierron is located at (38.778767, -89.559306). According to the 2021 census gazetteer files, Pierron has a total area of , all land.

Demographics

As of the 2020 census there were 459 people, 180 households, and 111 families residing in the village. The population density was . There were 232 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the village was 92.37%

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, 0.65%

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, 0.44% Native American, 0.22%

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, 0.65% from

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, and 5.66% from two or more races.

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of any race were 1.74% of the population. There were 180 households, out of which 21.11% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.00% were married couples living together, 6.67% had a female householder with no husband present, and 38.33% were non-families. 25.00% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.11% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.66 and the average family size was 2.18. The village's age distribution consisted of 13.7% under the age of 18, 3.6% from 18 to 24, 24.9% from 25 to 44, 31.9% from 45 to 64, and 26.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 52.3 years. For every 100 females, there were 110.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 103.0 males. The median income for a household in the village was $70,313, and the median income for a family was $78,319. Males had a median income of $31,713 versus $18,750 for females. The

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for the village was $29,822. About 4.5% of families and 11.3% of the population were below the

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, including none of those under age 18 and 13.7% of those age 65 or over.

References

Villages in Bond County, Illinois Villages in Madison County, Illinois Villages in Illinois Populated places established in 1893 1870 establishments in Illinois {{MadisonCountyIL-geo-stub