Mount Carroll vs Savanna

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

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

Savanna has the higher population (2,851 vs 1,515 in Mount Carroll). Mount Carroll has the higher median household income ($59,167 vs $46,094 in Savanna). Mount Carroll has the higher median home value ($88,800 vs $75,000 in Savanna).

Population, income & housing

	Mount Carroll	Savanna
Population	1,515	2,851
Median age	44.6 yrs	50.7 yrs
Median household income	$59,167	$46,094
Median home value	$88,800	$75,000
Median gross rent	$749	$777
Housing units	746	1,703
Homeownership rate	76.5%	60.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.0%	16.3%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mount Carroll	Savanna
Population	1,571 → 1,515 (-3.6%)	2,977 → 2,851 (-4.2%)
Median household income	$56,413 → $59,167 (+4.9%)	$31,710 → $46,094 (+45.4%)
Median home value	$87,000 → $88,800 (+2.1%)	$68,800 → $75,000 (+9.0%)
Median gross rent	$588 → $749 (+27.4%)	$615 → $777 (+26.3%)

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

Savanna

Population

2,9772,851

Median household income

$31,710$46,094

Median home value

$68,800$75,000

Median gross rent

$615$777

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mount Carroll	Savanna
Under 5	3.3%	2.9%
5 to 17	16.5%	14.1%
18 to 24	8.4%	6.8%
25 to 34	9.9%	7.9%
35 to 44	12.5%	12.4%
45 to 54	11.4%	13.0%
55 to 64	16.9%	15.5%
65 to 74	11.0%	14.8%
75 and over	10.0%	12.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mount Carroll	Savanna
White (non-Hispanic)	91.6%	88.0%
Black or African American	1.1%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	2.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.1%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	4.0%	8.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mount Carroll	Savanna
No high school diploma	6.3%	16.6%
High school graduate	37.5%	28.0%
Some college or associate's	33.1%	39.1%
Bachelor's degree	13.1%	13.5%
Graduate or professional degree	9.9%	2.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mount Carroll	Savanna
Drove alone	84.0%	74.2%
Carpooled	6.6%	8.7%
Public transit	1.1%	1.9%
Walked	0.8%	8.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.6%	6.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mount Carroll	Savanna
1-unit, detached	81.8%	73.2%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	6.6%	8.8%
5 to 19 units	8.7%	4.9%
20 or more units	0.1%	6.8%
Mobile home & other	2.0%	5.6%

Poverty & households

	Mount Carroll	Savanna
Poverty rate	10.4%	15.4%
Average household size	2.20	1.88
Mean commute (minutes)	26	14
Median year structure built	1950	1949