Nora vs Scales Mound

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

Nora 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 178 in Nora). Scales Mound has the higher median household income ($66,765 vs $52,112 in Nora). Scales Mound has the higher median home value ($158,000 vs $73,800 in Nora).

Population, income & housing

	Nora	Scales Mound
Population	178	441
Median age	46.0 yrs	39.4 yrs
Median household income	$52,112	$66,765
Median home value	$73,800	$158,000
Median gross rent	$1,109	$774
Housing units	88	197
Homeownership rate	64.0%	75.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.1%	15.4%
Unemployment rate	0.9%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Nora	Scales Mound
Population	150 → 178 (+18.7%)	454 → 441 (-2.9%)
Median household income	$56,875 → $52,112 (-8.4%)	$57,813 → $66,765 (+15.5%)
Median home value	$90,000 → $73,800 (-18.0%)	$111,300 → $158,000 (+42.0%)
Median gross rent	$843 → $1,109 (+31.6%)	$684 → $774 (+13.2%)

Nora

Population

150178

Median household income

$56,875$52,112

Median home value

$90,000$73,800

Median gross rent

$843$1,109

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)

	Nora	Scales Mound
Under 5	2.8%	5.7%
5 to 17	13.5%	22.2%
18 to 24	28.1%	7.3%
25 to 34	1.1%	8.8%
35 to 44	3.9%	13.6%
45 to 54	21.9%	9.1%
55 to 64	15.7%	9.3%
65 to 74	9.0%	15.6%
75 and over	3.9%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Nora	Scales Mound
White (non-Hispanic)	96.1%	94.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.5%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.9%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	4.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Nora	Scales Mound
No high school diploma	12.1%	4.5%
High school graduate	49.5%	47.2%
Some college or associate's	25.3%	32.9%
Bachelor's degree	12.1%	13.3%
Graduate or professional degree	1.0%	2.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Nora	Scales Mound
Drove alone	40.9%	84.6%
Carpooled	40.9%	8.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	0.0%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.2%	4.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Nora	Scales Mound
1-unit, detached	87.5%	90.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	5.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	12.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Nora	Scales Mound
Poverty rate	5.6%	3.6%
Average household size	2.37	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	23	39
Median year structure built	1966	1938