Mount Sterling vs Versailles

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

Mount Sterling and Versailles 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 369 in Versailles). Mount Sterling has the higher median household income ($63,922 vs $43,125 in Versailles). Mount Sterling has the higher median home value ($118,100 vs $85,000 in Versailles).

Population, income & housing

	Mount Sterling	Versailles
Population	1,949	369
Median age	36.7 yrs	39.3 yrs
Median household income	$63,922	$43,125
Median home value	$118,100	$85,000
Median gross rent	$712	—
Housing units	952	212
Homeownership rate	53.8%	81.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.0%	3.7%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mount Sterling	Versailles
Population	2,189 → 1,949 (-11.0%)	513 → 369 (-28.1%)
Median household income	$55,583 → $63,922 (+15.0%)	$50,446 → $43,125 (-14.5%)
Median home value	$85,800 → $118,100 (+37.6%)	$72,500 → $85,000 (+17.2%)
Median gross rent	$619 → $712 (+15.0%)	$288 → $325 (+12.8%)

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

Versailles

Population

513369

Median household income

$50,446$43,125

Median home value

$72,500$85,000

Median gross rent

$288$325

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mount Sterling	Versailles
Under 5	6.7%	7.0%
5 to 17	17.7%	22.2%
18 to 24	8.1%	4.6%
25 to 34	15.3%	11.9%
35 to 44	13.6%	10.8%
45 to 54	8.2%	13.0%
55 to 64	13.4%	8.1%
65 to 74	5.6%	13.3%
75 and over	11.4%	8.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mount Sterling	Versailles
White (non-Hispanic)	94.4%	85.6%
Black or African American	2.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.7%	10.6%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mount Sterling	Versailles
No high school diploma	13.2%	9.4%
High school graduate	36.4%	58.2%
Some college or associate's	26.4%	28.7%
Bachelor's degree	20.7%	2.9%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	0.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mount Sterling	Versailles
Drove alone	78.0%	77.8%
Carpooled	11.7%	3.0%
Public transit	0.2%	0.7%
Walked	4.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.7%	17.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mount Sterling	Versailles
1-unit, detached	70.3%	81.1%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.9%	5.2%
5 to 19 units	13.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	13.7%

Poverty & households

	Mount Sterling	Versailles
Poverty rate	11.9%	20.9%
Average household size	2.11	2.13
Mean commute (minutes)	13	21
Median year structure built	1967	1938