Mulkeytown vs Orient

A side-by-side comparison of Mulkeytown and Orient: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Orient has the higher population (380 vs 84 in Mulkeytown). Since 2019, Orient's population has grown faster (-10.8% vs -53.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Mulkeytown	Orient
Population	84	380
Median age	57.4 yrs	42.6 yrs
Median household income	—	$39,167
Median home value	—	$49,100
Median gross rent	—	$731
Housing units	76	212
Homeownership rate	100.0%	76.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.7%	4.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	7.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mulkeytown	Orient
Population	181 → 84 (-53.6%)	426 → 380 (-10.8%)
Median household income	—	$28,958 → $39,167 (+35.3%)
Median home value	$84,300 → $99,500 (+18.0%)	$41,600 → $49,100 (+18.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$600 → $731 (+21.8%)

Mulkeytown

Population

18184

Median home value

$84,300$99,500

Orient

Population

426380

Median household income

$28,958$39,167

Median home value

$41,600$49,100

Median gross rent

$600$731

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mulkeytown	Orient
Under 5	0.0%	9.2%
5 to 17	0.0%	8.4%
18 to 24	0.0%	3.9%
25 to 34	0.0%	15.3%
35 to 44	34.5%	15.8%
45 to 54	0.0%	17.9%
55 to 64	35.7%	8.7%
65 to 74	20.2%	13.7%
75 and over	9.5%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mulkeytown	Orient
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	96.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mulkeytown	Orient
No high school diploma	46.4%	11.1%
High school graduate	20.2%	43.6%
Some college or associate's	22.6%	41.3%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	2.0%
Graduate or professional degree	10.7%	2.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mulkeytown	Orient
Drove alone	70.4%	85.7%
Carpooled	29.6%	10.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mulkeytown	Orient
1-unit, detached	51.3%	84.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	48.7%	14.2%

Poverty & households

	Mulkeytown	Orient
Poverty rate	21.4%	25.0%
Average household size	1.87	2.09
Mean commute (minutes)	—	39
Median year structure built	1938	1945