Mahomet vs Urbana

A side-by-side comparison of Mahomet and Urbana: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Urbana has the higher population (38,447 vs 9,755 in Mahomet). Mahomet has the higher median household income ($114,904 vs $45,854 in Urbana). Mahomet has the higher median home value ($293,200 vs $186,300 in Urbana).

Population, income & housing

	Mahomet	Urbana
Population	9,755	38,447
Median age	36.5 yrs	26.7 yrs
Median household income	$114,904	$45,854
Median home value	$293,200	$186,300
Median gross rent	$1,202	$951
Housing units	3,581	19,003
Homeownership rate	80.6%	34.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	52.8%	58.4%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mahomet	Urbana
Population	8,392 → 9,755 (+16.2%)	42,718 → 38,447 (-10.0%)
Median household income	$113,261 → $114,904 (+1.5%)	$37,102 → $45,854 (+23.6%)
Median home value	$240,300 → $293,200 (+22.0%)	$155,000 → $186,300 (+20.2%)
Median gross rent	$939 → $1,202 (+28.0%)	$838 → $951 (+13.5%)

Mahomet

Population

8,3929,755

Median household income

$113,261$114,904

Median home value

$240,300$293,200

Median gross rent

$939$1,202

Urbana

Population

42,71838,447

Median household income

$37,102$45,854

Median home value

$155,000$186,300

Median gross rent

$838$951

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mahomet	Urbana
Under 5	5.3%	4.0%
5 to 17	27.0%	7.3%
18 to 24	9.8%	35.0%
25 to 34	6.2%	17.7%
35 to 44	18.5%	8.9%
45 to 54	11.6%	8.0%
55 to 64	12.0%	6.9%
65 to 74	6.8%	7.0%
75 and over	2.8%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mahomet	Urbana
White (non-Hispanic)	86.0%	55.5%
Black or African American	0.6%	16.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.5%	14.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.1%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	6.7%	9.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mahomet	Urbana
No high school diploma	3.5%	4.5%
High school graduate	17.4%	18.5%
Some college or associate's	26.3%	18.6%
Bachelor's degree	27.9%	20.8%
Graduate or professional degree	24.9%	37.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mahomet	Urbana
Drove alone	79.7%	51.8%
Carpooled	5.5%	6.9%
Public transit	0.0%	7.1%
Walked	0.0%	14.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	3.9%
Worked from home	14.4%	14.6%
Other means	0.4%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mahomet	Urbana
1-unit, detached	75.7%	36.9%
1-unit, attached	5.5%	4.7%
2 to 4 units	6.6%	8.6%
5 to 19 units	7.2%	26.3%
20 or more units	3.8%	23.1%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Mahomet	Urbana
Poverty rate	3.9%	24.8%
Average household size	3.00	1.98
Mean commute (minutes)	21	14
Median year structure built	2000	1979