Lanark vs Mount Carroll

A side-by-side comparison of Lanark and Mount Carroll: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Mount Carroll has the higher population (1,515 vs 1,510 in Lanark). Lanark has the higher median household income ($66,250 vs $59,167 in Mount Carroll). Lanark has the higher median home value ($97,100 vs $88,800 in Mount Carroll).

Population, income & housing

	Lanark	Mount Carroll
Population	1,510	1,515
Median age	36.9 yrs	44.6 yrs
Median household income	$66,250	$59,167
Median home value	$97,100	$88,800
Median gross rent	$781	$749
Housing units	738	746
Homeownership rate	81.0%	76.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.6%	23.0%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lanark	Mount Carroll
Population	1,445 → 1,510 (+4.5%)	1,571 → 1,515 (-3.6%)
Median household income	$44,875 → $66,250 (+47.6%)	$56,413 → $59,167 (+4.9%)
Median home value	$86,300 → $97,100 (+12.5%)	$87,000 → $88,800 (+2.1%)
Median gross rent	$600 → $781 (+30.2%)	$588 → $749 (+27.4%)

Lanark

Population

1,4451,510

Median household income

$44,875$66,250

Median home value

$86,300$97,100

Median gross rent

$600$781

Mount Carroll

Population

1,5711,515

Median household income

$56,413$59,167

Median home value

$87,000$88,800

Median gross rent

$588$749

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lanark	Mount Carroll
Under 5	7.2%	3.3%
5 to 17	17.3%	16.5%
18 to 24	12.6%	8.4%
25 to 34	8.9%	9.9%
35 to 44	15.0%	12.5%
45 to 54	9.9%	11.4%
55 to 64	9.5%	16.9%
65 to 74	11.4%	11.0%
75 and over	8.1%	10.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lanark	Mount Carroll
White (non-Hispanic)	93.0%	91.6%
Black or African American	0.3%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.1%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	4.5%	4.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lanark	Mount Carroll
No high school diploma	4.3%	6.3%
High school graduate	38.0%	37.5%
Some college or associate's	44.0%	33.1%
Bachelor's degree	9.2%	13.1%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	9.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lanark	Mount Carroll
Drove alone	88.5%	84.0%
Carpooled	4.7%	6.6%
Public transit	0.8%	1.1%
Walked	2.7%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.9%	7.6%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lanark	Mount Carroll
1-unit, detached	90.0%	81.8%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	3.3%	6.6%
5 to 19 units	4.1%	8.7%
20 or more units	0.5%	0.1%
Mobile home & other	0.8%	2.0%

Poverty & households

	Lanark	Mount Carroll
Poverty rate	14.3%	10.4%
Average household size	2.33	2.20
Mean commute (minutes)	25	26
Median year structure built	1944	1950