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Monmouth is the county seat of Warren County in the U.S. state of Illinois. It is the home of Monmouth College and contains Monmouth Park, Harmon Park, North Park, Warfield Park, West Park, South Park, Garwood Park, Buster White Park and the Citizens Lake & Campground. It is the host of the Prime Beef festival , held annually the week after Labor Day. The town was originally going to be called Kosciusko , but the founders of the town feared that it would be difficult to spell and pronounce. Monmouth was once home to one of the most unusually named high school sports organizations, the Zippers. Originally known as The Maroons, the Zipper nickname came about in the late 1930s when the school had a fast basketball team that would "Zip" up and down the court. Sports writers nicknamed them "The Zippers" and the name stuck. The school went with the "Zipper" nickname until the 2004-05 school year when Monmouth consolidated with Roseville and the new Monmouth-Roseville High School adopted...more

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Among the most common occupations in Monmouth are Sales and office occupations, 23%. Management, professional, and related occupations, 23%. and Production, transportation, and material moving occupations, 20%. Approximately 73 percent of workers in Monmouth, Illinois work for companies, 12 percent work for the government and 7 percent are self-employed.

Currently, the most commonly listed Monmouth Jobs are for physical therapist jobs and physical therapy jobs.

The leading industries in Monmouth, Illinois are Educational, health and social services, 25%; Manufacturing, 18%; and Retail trade, 11%. Simply Hired's Monmouth job listings indicate that the following industries in Monmouth are hiring the most workers: Hospitals, Catering Services, Food Service Contractors, Industrial Loan Companies and Commercial Banking.

According to government data, the average salary for jobs in Monmouth, Illinois is $25,075, and the median income of households in Monmouth was $33,641.

Monmouth has an unemployment rate of 8.3%, compared the national average of 5.8%.

According to our Monmouth Trends data, the number of Monmouth, Illinois jobs has increased by 121% since March 2008.

Population of Monmouth Total population 9,841 Male 46.96% Female 53.04% Median age 33.8     Monmouth Housing Owner-occupied homes 70.2% Median cost of a home $52,900 Median mortgage payment $356 Renter-occupied homes 29.8% Vacant housing 7.5% Median monthly rent $364     Average Income Median for all male full-time $30,006 Median for all female full-time $20,144     Household Income Less than $10,000 11% $10,000 to $14,999 9% $15,000 to $24,999 16% $25,000 to $34,999 16% $35,000 to $49,999 19% $50,000 to $74,999 18% $75,000 to $99,999 7% $100,000 to $149,999 4% $150,000 to $199,999 0% $200,000 or more 0%

Education Less than 9th grade 8% 9th to 12th grade, no diploma 14% High school graduate 35% Some college, no degree 21% Associate's degree 5% Bachelor's degree 12% Graduate degree 6%     Marital Status Never married 27% Currently married 51% Separated 1% Widowed 9% Divorced 11%     Race White 94% Black or African American 3% Asian 0% Other 2%     Monmouth Commute Carpool 12.9% Public transportation 0.1% Average travel time 15 minutes

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