Coal City vs Mazon

A side-by-side comparison of Coal City and Mazon: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Coal City has the higher population (5,145 vs 1,424 in Mazon). Mazon has the higher median household income ($76,458 vs $73,030 in Coal City). Coal City has the higher median home value ($211,600 vs $203,100 in Mazon).

Population, income & housing

	Coal City	Mazon
Population	5,145	1,424
Median age	42.3 yrs	32.8 yrs
Median household income	$73,030	$76,458
Median home value	$211,600	$203,100
Median gross rent	$1,064	$940
Housing units	2,026	518
Homeownership rate	80.7%	78.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.9%	21.8%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Coal City	Mazon
Population	5,294 → 5,145 (-2.8%)	1,145 → 1,424 (+24.4%)
Median household income	$74,755 → $73,030 (-2.3%)	$57,461 → $76,458 (+33.1%)
Median home value	$197,100 → $211,600 (+7.4%)	$151,100 → $203,100 (+34.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,006 → $1,064 (+5.8%)	$969 → $940 (-3.0%)

Coal City

Population

5,2945,145

Median household income

$74,755$73,030

Median home value

$197,100$211,600

Median gross rent

$1,006$1,064

Mazon

Population

1,1451,424

Median household income

$57,461$76,458

Median home value

$151,100$203,100

Median gross rent

$969$940

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Coal City	Mazon
Under 5	3.9%	7.7%
5 to 17	21.4%	23.2%
18 to 24	7.6%	10.6%
25 to 34	8.3%	10.0%
35 to 44	14.0%	15.0%
45 to 54	12.7%	6.8%
55 to 64	12.9%	14.0%
65 to 74	15.0%	6.3%
75 and over	4.2%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Coal City	Mazon
White (non-Hispanic)	90.2%	92.4%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	7.5%	6.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Coal City	Mazon
No high school diploma	10.4%	9.7%
High school graduate	35.5%	34.3%
Some college or associate's	29.2%	34.1%
Bachelor's degree	16.7%	11.6%
Graduate or professional degree	8.1%	10.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Coal City	Mazon
Drove alone	80.9%	92.9%
Carpooled	1.8%	2.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	2.6%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.2%	2.1%
Other means	1.5%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Coal City	Mazon
1-unit, detached	68.0%	80.1%
1-unit, attached	18.0%	10.2%
2 to 4 units	11.1%	8.7%
5 to 19 units	2.4%	0.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Coal City	Mazon
Poverty rate	4.7%	8.9%
Average household size	2.66	2.87
Mean commute (minutes)	27	27
Median year structure built	1984	1975