Mound Station vs Mount Sterling

A side-by-side comparison of Mound Station and Mount Sterling: population, income, housing, and more.

Mound Station and Mount Sterling are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Mount Sterling has the higher population (1,949 vs 151 in Mound Station). Mound Station has the higher median household income ($83,036 vs $63,922 in Mount Sterling). Mount Sterling has the higher median home value ($118,100 vs $111,800 in Mound Station).

Population, income & housing

	Mound Station	Mount Sterling
Population	151	1,949
Median age	23.9 yrs	36.7 yrs
Median household income	$83,036	$63,922
Median home value	$111,800	$118,100
Median gross rent	—	$712
Housing units	56	952
Homeownership rate	90.9%	53.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	1.4%	24.0%
Unemployment rate	6.2%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mound Station	Mount Sterling
Population	139 → 151 (+8.6%)	2,189 → 1,949 (-11.0%)
Median household income	$75,139 → $83,036 (+10.5%)	$55,583 → $63,922 (+15.0%)
Median home value	$93,200 → $111,800 (+20.0%)	$85,800 → $118,100 (+37.6%)
Median gross rent	$975 → $950 (-2.6%)	$619 → $712 (+15.0%)

Mound Station

Population

139151

Median household income

$75,139$83,036

Median home value

$93,200$111,800

Median gross rent

$975$950

Mount Sterling

Population

2,1891,949

Median household income

$55,583$63,922

Median home value

$85,800$118,100

Median gross rent

$619$712

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mound Station	Mount Sterling
Under 5	11.3%	6.7%
5 to 17	29.1%	17.7%
18 to 24	13.2%	8.1%
25 to 34	3.3%	15.3%
35 to 44	9.9%	13.6%
45 to 54	21.9%	8.2%
55 to 64	3.3%	13.4%
65 to 74	2.6%	5.6%
75 and over	5.3%	11.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mound Station	Mount Sterling
White (non-Hispanic)	86.8%	94.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	10.6%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mound Station	Mount Sterling
No high school diploma	2.9%	13.2%
High school graduate	52.9%	36.4%
Some college or associate's	42.9%	26.4%
Bachelor's degree	1.4%	20.7%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	3.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mound Station	Mount Sterling
Drove alone	98.4%	78.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	11.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	0.0%	4.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.6%	5.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mound Station	Mount Sterling
1-unit, detached	87.5%	70.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	9.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	13.4%
20 or more units	1.8%	4.5%
Mobile home & other	10.7%	1.4%

Poverty & households

	Mound Station	Mount Sterling
Poverty rate	11.3%	11.9%
Average household size	2.75	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	14	13
Median year structure built	1953	1967