Elkhart vs Mount Pulaski

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

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

Mount Pulaski has the higher population (1,513 vs 442 in Elkhart). Elkhart has the higher median household income ($98,750 vs $70,175 in Mount Pulaski). Elkhart has the higher median home value ($123,200 vs $113,400 in Mount Pulaski).

Population, income & housing

	Elkhart	Mount Pulaski
Population	442	1,513
Median age	45.3 yrs	45.0 yrs
Median household income	$98,750	$70,175
Median home value	$123,200	$113,400
Median gross rent	$768	$741
Housing units	216	660
Homeownership rate	78.4%	82.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.6%	23.6%
Unemployment rate	1.3%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elkhart	Mount Pulaski
Population	482 → 442 (-8.3%)	1,590 → 1,513 (-4.8%)
Median household income	$68,250 → $98,750 (+44.7%)	$59,604 → $70,175 (+17.7%)
Median home value	$110,200 → $123,200 (+11.8%)	$97,300 → $113,400 (+16.5%)
Median gross rent	$700 → $768 (+9.7%)	$563 → $741 (+31.6%)

Elkhart

Population

482442

Median household income

$68,250$98,750

Median home value

$110,200$123,200

Median gross rent

$700$768

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)

	Elkhart	Mount Pulaski
Under 5	4.8%	6.1%
5 to 17	18.8%	20.2%
18 to 24	2.5%	4.3%
25 to 34	8.8%	7.3%
35 to 44	13.6%	12.1%
45 to 54	18.8%	15.9%
55 to 64	13.8%	13.4%
65 to 74	12.2%	7.8%
75 and over	6.8%	13.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elkhart	Mount Pulaski
White (non-Hispanic)	89.4%	97.9%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.8%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	5.0%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elkhart	Mount Pulaski
No high school diploma	3.1%	5.0%
High school graduate	30.0%	42.2%
Some college or associate's	40.4%	29.1%
Bachelor's degree	14.1%	17.9%
Graduate or professional degree	12.5%	5.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elkhart	Mount Pulaski
Drove alone	79.9%	82.2%
Carpooled	8.7%	6.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.0%	8.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elkhart	Mount Pulaski
1-unit, detached	96.8%	89.1%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	0.9%	7.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Elkhart	Mount Pulaski
Poverty rate	3.6%	5.4%
Average household size	2.22	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	24	24
Median year structure built	1957	1945