Menominee vs Scales Mound

A side-by-side comparison of Menominee and Scales Mound: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Scales Mound has the higher population (441 vs 275 in Menominee). Menominee has the higher median household income ($115,000 vs $66,765 in Scales Mound). Menominee has the higher median home value ($253,100 vs $158,000 in Scales Mound).

Population, income & housing

	Menominee	Scales Mound
Population	275	441
Median age	50.9 yrs	39.4 yrs
Median household income	$115,000	$66,765
Median home value	$253,100	$158,000
Median gross rent	$694	$774
Housing units	122	197
Homeownership rate	86.2%	75.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.8%	15.4%
Unemployment rate	7.0%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Menominee	Scales Mound
Population	265 → 275 (+3.8%)	454 → 441 (-2.9%)
Median household income	$66,250 → $115,000 (+73.6%)	$57,813 → $66,765 (+15.5%)
Median home value	$190,000 → $253,100 (+33.2%)	$111,300 → $158,000 (+42.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,063 → $694 (-34.7%)	$684 → $774 (+13.2%)

Menominee

Population

265275

Median household income

$66,250$115,000

Median home value

$190,000$253,100

Median gross rent

$1,063$694

Scales Mound

Population

454441

Median household income

$57,813$66,765

Median home value

$111,300$158,000

Median gross rent

$684$774

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Menominee	Scales Mound
Under 5	2.2%	5.7%
5 to 17	24.0%	22.2%
18 to 24	3.6%	7.3%
25 to 34	8.0%	8.8%
35 to 44	2.5%	13.6%
45 to 54	31.3%	9.1%
55 to 64	14.2%	9.3%
65 to 74	10.9%	15.6%
75 and over	3.3%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Menominee	Scales Mound
White (non-Hispanic)	85.8%	94.8%
Black or African American	1.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	1.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.5%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.4%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	11.3%	4.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Menominee	Scales Mound
No high school diploma	1.0%	4.5%
High school graduate	51.8%	47.2%
Some college or associate's	25.4%	32.9%
Bachelor's degree	14.5%	13.3%
Graduate or professional degree	7.3%	2.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Menominee	Scales Mound
Drove alone	86.6%	84.6%
Carpooled	0.0%	8.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	0.0%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.4%	4.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Menominee	Scales Mound
1-unit, detached	91.8%	90.4%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.9%	5.6%
5 to 19 units	1.6%	4.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Menominee	Scales Mound
Poverty rate	12.7%	3.6%
Average household size	2.37	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	16	39
Median year structure built	1984	1938