Mount Auburn vs Owaneco

A side-by-side comparison of Mount Auburn and Owaneco: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Owaneco has the higher population (744 vs 473 in Mount Auburn). Owaneco has the higher median household income ($66,875 vs $55,714 in Mount Auburn). Owaneco has the higher median home value ($96,300 vs $85,000 in Mount Auburn).

Population, income & housing

	Mount Auburn	Owaneco
Population	473	744
Median age	40.6 yrs	33.5 yrs
Median household income	$55,714	$66,875
Median home value	$85,000	$96,300
Median gross rent	$1,138	$835
Housing units	198	209
Homeownership rate	94.4%	84.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.4%	6.6%
Unemployment rate	6.2%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mount Auburn	Owaneco
Population	592 → 473 (-20.1%)	237 → 744 (+213.9%)
Median household income	$51,250 → $55,714 (+8.7%)	$60,625 → $66,875 (+10.3%)
Median home value	$69,200 → $85,000 (+22.8%)	$72,900 → $96,300 (+32.1%)
Median gross rent	$771 → $1,138 (+47.6%)	$640 → $835 (+30.5%)

Mount Auburn

Population

592473

Median household income

$51,250$55,714

Median home value

$69,200$85,000

Median gross rent

$771$1,138

Owaneco

Population

237744

Median household income

$60,625$66,875

Median home value

$72,900$96,300

Median gross rent

$640$835

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mount Auburn	Owaneco
Under 5	9.7%	7.0%
5 to 17	12.7%	23.7%
18 to 24	7.0%	9.9%
25 to 34	7.4%	13.2%
35 to 44	25.2%	16.1%
45 to 54	13.7%	9.4%
55 to 64	6.6%	7.5%
65 to 74	11.2%	6.9%
75 and over	6.6%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mount Auburn	Owaneco
White (non-Hispanic)	87.3%	99.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.8%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	11.2%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mount Auburn	Owaneco
No high school diploma	4.8%	10.4%
High school graduate	60.8%	42.8%
Some college or associate's	20.1%	40.3%
Bachelor's degree	8.1%	4.5%
Graduate or professional degree	6.3%	2.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mount Auburn	Owaneco
Drove alone	70.3%	85.6%
Carpooled	27.2%	6.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.5%	8.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mount Auburn	Owaneco
1-unit, detached	88.9%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Mount Auburn	Owaneco
Poverty rate	12.7%	16.8%
Average household size	2.39	3.63
Mean commute (minutes)	30	27
Median year structure built	1971	1938