Atlanta vs Mount Pulaski

A side-by-side comparison of Atlanta and Mount Pulaski: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Atlanta has the higher population (1,738 vs 1,513 in Mount Pulaski). Mount Pulaski has the higher median household income ($70,175 vs $64,091 in Atlanta). Atlanta has the higher median home value ($123,400 vs $113,400 in Mount Pulaski).

Population, income & housing

	Atlanta	Mount Pulaski
Population	1,738	1,513
Median age	37.7 yrs	45.0 yrs
Median household income	$64,091	$70,175
Median home value	$123,400	$113,400
Median gross rent	$823	$741
Housing units	796	660
Homeownership rate	82.3%	82.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.0%	23.6%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Atlanta	Mount Pulaski
Population	2,063 → 1,738 (-15.8%)	1,590 → 1,513 (-4.8%)
Median household income	$50,859 → $64,091 (+26.0%)	$59,604 → $70,175 (+17.7%)
Median home value	$95,300 → $123,400 (+29.5%)	$97,300 → $113,400 (+16.5%)
Median gross rent	$745 → $823 (+10.5%)	$563 → $741 (+31.6%)

Atlanta

Population

2,0631,738

Median household income

$50,859$64,091

Median home value

$95,300$123,400

Median gross rent

$745$823

Mount Pulaski

Population

1,5901,513

Median household income

$59,604$70,175

Median home value

$97,300$113,400

Median gross rent

$563$741

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Atlanta	Mount Pulaski
Under 5	8.2%	6.1%
5 to 17	16.1%	20.2%
18 to 24	9.8%	4.3%
25 to 34	8.5%	7.3%
35 to 44	18.2%	12.1%
45 to 54	11.3%	15.9%
55 to 64	9.6%	13.4%
65 to 74	11.0%	7.8%
75 and over	7.4%	13.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Atlanta	Mount Pulaski
White (non-Hispanic)	96.0%	97.9%
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	1.0%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Atlanta	Mount Pulaski
No high school diploma	5.1%	5.0%
High school graduate	43.4%	42.2%
Some college or associate's	36.5%	29.1%
Bachelor's degree	12.9%	17.9%
Graduate or professional degree	2.1%	5.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Atlanta	Mount Pulaski
Drove alone	78.3%	82.2%
Carpooled	5.3%	6.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.5%	8.8%
Other means	0.5%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Atlanta	Mount Pulaski
1-unit, detached	87.7%	89.1%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	8.0%	7.4%
5 to 19 units	1.5%	0.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Atlanta	Mount Pulaski
Poverty rate	13.1%	5.4%
Average household size	2.28	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	27	24
Median year structure built	1960	1945