Ashmore vs Mattoon

A side-by-side comparison of Ashmore and Mattoon: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Mattoon has the higher population (16,334 vs 750 in Ashmore). Ashmore has the higher median household income ($57,361 vs $47,308 in Mattoon). Mattoon has the higher median home value ($96,000 vs $87,100 in Ashmore).

Population, income & housing

	Ashmore	Mattoon
Population	750	16,334
Median age	39.3 yrs	42.6 yrs
Median household income	$57,361	$47,308
Median home value	$87,100	$96,000
Median gross rent	$773	$764
Housing units	363	8,762
Homeownership rate	82.8%	56.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.0%	19.5%
Unemployment rate	10.0%	8.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ashmore	Mattoon
Population	782 → 750 (-4.1%)	17,394 → 16,334 (-6.1%)
Median household income	$49,583 → $57,361 (+15.7%)	$39,852 → $47,308 (+18.7%)
Median home value	$77,100 → $87,100 (+13.0%)	$85,400 → $96,000 (+12.4%)
Median gross rent	$626 → $773 (+23.5%)	$663 → $764 (+15.2%)

Ashmore

Population

782750

Median household income

$49,583$57,361

Median home value

$77,100$87,100

Median gross rent

$626$773

Mattoon

Population

17,39416,334

Median household income

$39,852$47,308

Median home value

$85,400$96,000

Median gross rent

$663$764

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ashmore	Mattoon
Under 5	3.9%	5.4%
5 to 17	17.7%	15.6%
18 to 24	8.9%	8.2%
25 to 34	11.3%	12.0%
35 to 44	14.4%	14.0%
45 to 54	13.2%	11.7%
55 to 64	15.2%	13.0%
65 to 74	10.0%	11.3%
75 and over	5.3%	8.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ashmore	Mattoon
White (non-Hispanic)	92.0%	90.6%
Black or African American	7.1%	2.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	0.4%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	3.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ashmore	Mattoon
No high school diploma	6.0%	10.4%
High school graduate	35.1%	36.2%
Some college or associate's	44.9%	33.9%
Bachelor's degree	9.8%	12.3%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	7.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ashmore	Mattoon
Drove alone	85.8%	79.2%
Carpooled	9.0%	13.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.6%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.3%
Worked from home	3.5%	3.6%
Other means	0.0%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ashmore	Mattoon
1-unit, detached	86.5%	69.3%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	4.7%	10.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	8.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	7.0%
Mobile home & other	6.6%	2.5%

Poverty & households

	Ashmore	Mattoon
Poverty rate	21.1%	21.0%
Average household size	2.39	2.03
Mean commute (minutes)	22	18
Median year structure built	1970	1956