Mount Auburn vs Palmer

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

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

Mount Auburn has the higher population (473 vs 233 in Palmer). Mount Auburn has the higher median household income ($55,714 vs $52,917 in Palmer). Mount Auburn has the higher median home value ($85,000 vs $80,400 in Palmer).

Population, income & housing

	Mount Auburn	Palmer
Population	473	233
Median age	40.6 yrs	50.2 yrs
Median household income	$55,714	$52,917
Median home value	$85,000	$80,400
Median gross rent	$1,138	$744
Housing units	198	106
Homeownership rate	94.4%	89.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.4%	6.2%
Unemployment rate	6.2%	0.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mount Auburn	Palmer
Population	592 → 473 (-20.1%)	239 → 233 (-2.5%)
Median household income	$51,250 → $55,714 (+8.7%)	$65,208 → $52,917 (-18.8%)
Median home value	$69,200 → $85,000 (+22.8%)	$52,900 → $80,400 (+52.0%)
Median gross rent	$771 → $1,138 (+47.6%)	—

Mount Auburn

Population

592473

Median household income

$51,250$55,714

Median home value

$69,200$85,000

Median gross rent

$771$1,138

Palmer

Population

239233

Median household income

$65,208$52,917

Median home value

$52,900$80,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mount Auburn	Palmer
Under 5	9.7%	2.6%
5 to 17	12.7%	13.7%
18 to 24	7.0%	7.7%
25 to 34	7.4%	7.7%
35 to 44	25.2%	11.6%
45 to 54	13.7%	10.7%
55 to 64	6.6%	14.6%
65 to 74	11.2%	24.5%
75 and over	6.6%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mount Auburn	Palmer
White (non-Hispanic)	87.3%	99.6%
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%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mount Auburn	Palmer
No high school diploma	4.8%	9.6%
High school graduate	60.8%	54.2%
Some college or associate's	20.1%	29.9%
Bachelor's degree	8.1%	5.1%
Graduate or professional degree	6.3%	1.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mount Auburn	Palmer
Drove alone	70.3%	93.3%
Carpooled	27.2%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.5%	6.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mount Auburn	Palmer
1-unit, detached	88.9%	86.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.9%
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%	12.3%

Poverty & households

	Mount Auburn	Palmer
Poverty rate	12.7%	13.7%
Average household size	2.39	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	30	24
Median year structure built	1971	1938