Mount Auburn vs Tovey

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

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

Tovey has the higher population (707 vs 473 in Mount Auburn). Tovey has the higher median household income ($81,250 vs $55,714 in Mount Auburn). Mount Auburn has the higher median home value ($85,000 vs $78,200 in Tovey).

Population, income & housing

	Mount Auburn	Tovey
Population	473	707
Median age	40.6 yrs	26.6 yrs
Median household income	$55,714	$81,250
Median home value	$85,000	$78,200
Median gross rent	$1,138	$541
Housing units	198	281
Homeownership rate	94.4%	90.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.4%	10.9%
Unemployment rate	6.2%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mount Auburn	Tovey
Population	592 → 473 (-20.1%)	454 → 707 (+55.7%)
Median household income	$51,250 → $55,714 (+8.7%)	$52,857 → $81,250 (+53.7%)
Median home value	$69,200 → $85,000 (+22.8%)	$73,700 → $78,200 (+6.1%)
Median gross rent	$771 → $1,138 (+47.6%)	$654 → $541 (-17.3%)

Mount Auburn

Population

592473

Median household income

$51,250$55,714

Median home value

$69,200$85,000

Median gross rent

$771$1,138

Tovey

Population

454707

Median household income

$52,857$81,250

Median home value

$73,700$78,200

Median gross rent

$654$541

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mount Auburn	Tovey
Under 5	9.7%	3.7%
5 to 17	12.7%	29.8%
18 to 24	7.0%	10.5%
25 to 34	7.4%	15.1%
35 to 44	25.2%	11.3%
45 to 54	13.7%	13.9%
55 to 64	6.6%	9.9%
65 to 74	11.2%	3.0%
75 and over	6.6%	2.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mount Auburn	Tovey
White (non-Hispanic)	87.3%	77.9%
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%	0.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	21.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mount Auburn	Tovey
No high school diploma	4.8%	12.6%
High school graduate	60.8%	38.6%
Some college or associate's	20.1%	37.9%
Bachelor's degree	8.1%	6.3%
Graduate or professional degree	6.3%	4.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mount Auburn	Tovey
Drove alone	70.3%	89.1%
Carpooled	27.2%	3.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.5%	7.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mount Auburn	Tovey
1-unit, detached	88.9%	89.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	8.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.6%	2.1%

Poverty & households

	Mount Auburn	Tovey
Poverty rate	12.7%	4.4%
Average household size	2.39	2.92
Mean commute (minutes)	30	20
Median year structure built	1971	1957