Mount Auburn vs Stonington

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

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

Stonington has the higher population (667 vs 473 in Mount Auburn). Stonington has the higher median household income ($58,438 vs $55,714 in Mount Auburn). Stonington has the higher median home value ($101,000 vs $85,000 in Mount Auburn).

Population, income & housing

	Mount Auburn	Stonington
Population	473	667
Median age	40.6 yrs	44.6 yrs
Median household income	$55,714	$58,438
Median home value	$85,000	$101,000
Median gross rent	$1,138	$869
Housing units	198	345
Homeownership rate	94.4%	76.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.4%	17.7%
Unemployment rate	6.2%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mount Auburn	Stonington
Population	592 → 473 (-20.1%)	868 → 667 (-23.2%)
Median household income	$51,250 → $55,714 (+8.7%)	$63,021 → $58,438 (-7.3%)
Median home value	$69,200 → $85,000 (+22.8%)	$90,100 → $101,000 (+12.1%)
Median gross rent	$771 → $1,138 (+47.6%)	$775 → $869 (+12.1%)

Mount Auburn

Population

592473

Median household income

$51,250$55,714

Median home value

$69,200$85,000

Median gross rent

$771$1,138

Stonington

Population

868667

Median household income

$63,021$58,438

Median home value

$90,100$101,000

Median gross rent

$775$869

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mount Auburn	Stonington
Under 5	9.7%	4.2%
5 to 17	12.7%	8.7%
18 to 24	7.0%	7.3%
25 to 34	7.4%	16.8%
35 to 44	25.2%	14.8%
45 to 54	13.7%	11.4%
55 to 64	6.6%	15.4%
65 to 74	11.2%	11.2%
75 and over	6.6%	10.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mount Auburn	Stonington
White (non-Hispanic)	87.3%	92.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.6%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.8%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	11.2%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mount Auburn	Stonington
No high school diploma	4.8%	6.2%
High school graduate	60.8%	47.2%
Some college or associate's	20.1%	28.9%
Bachelor's degree	8.1%	10.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.3%	7.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mount Auburn	Stonington
Drove alone	70.3%	88.9%
Carpooled	27.2%	5.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.5%	3.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mount Auburn	Stonington
1-unit, detached	88.9%	86.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	8.1%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	2.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.6%	2.9%

Poverty & households

	Mount Auburn	Stonington
Poverty rate	12.7%	16.8%
Average household size	2.39	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	30	21
Median year structure built	1971	1946