West UnionIL
140 people live in this town, settled in 1876.
Is West Union a good place to live?
No town among the 769 in Illinois we compare has a higher owner-occupancy rate than West Union. West Union has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
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The data
Ordered by what stands out in West Union.
With only 0.1 jobs per working resident, most people in West Union work out of town
The top destinations are Marshall (23%), Terre Haute (11%) and Casey (6%). Among residents in West Union, 7.1% live below the poverty line.
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Four seasons and pleasant summers in West Union
In West Union, the typical July afternoon high is 87°F, where Illinois’ towns sit at 84°F and U.S. towns at 85°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
How healthy West Union is
Just over a fifth of adults get no exercise outside work in West Union, below both the Illinois town median (23%) and the median of U.S. towns (25%). The town does better than the Illinois average on 7 of 32 CDC measures and worse on 2. The share of adults in West Union who binge drink: 19%.
| West Union | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 18% | 16% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 23% | 25% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 10% | 13% | 14% |
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 6.2% | 7.9% | 8.1% |
| What stands out | West Union | IL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 6.3% | 10.3% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 6.2% | 9.9% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.7% | 7.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
The biggest natural risk in West Union is inland flooding, at a moderate overall level
Compared with 54% of U.S. communities, expected storm and flood damage in West Union is lower. Of the losses FEMA expects here, 43% come from inland flooding and 14% from drought. Households here have drawn federal disaster aid in 2 declared disasters, most recently in 2013.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Everything we know about West Union
Moving to West Union: who provides what
West Union is unincorporated, so Clark County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Sep 12, 2025.
100% of working residents leave West Union for work
Where West Union’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of West Union; the nearest are
About 0 of every 100 West Union residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Illinois.
About West Union
Census-designated place in Illinois, United States
West Union is an unincorporated census-designated place located in York Township in the southeast corner of Clark County, Illinois, on Illinois Route 1. Its postal zip code is 62477. As of the 2020 census, its population was 271.
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- Area
- 1.6 sq mi
- Elevation
- 472 ft
- ZIP code
- 62477
- Area code
- 217
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