Emden vs Mount Pulaski

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

Emden 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 374 in Emden). Mount Pulaski has the higher median household income ($70,175 vs $68,875 in Emden). Mount Pulaski has the higher median home value ($113,400 vs $111,300 in Emden).

Population, income & housing

	Emden	Mount Pulaski
Population	374	1,513
Median age	35.9 yrs	45.0 yrs
Median household income	$68,875	$70,175
Median home value	$111,300	$113,400
Median gross rent	$850	$741
Housing units	190	660
Homeownership rate	69.8%	82.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.6%	23.6%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Emden	Mount Pulaski
Population	468 → 374 (-20.1%)	1,590 → 1,513 (-4.8%)
Median household income	$56,346 → $68,875 (+22.2%)	$59,604 → $70,175 (+17.7%)
Median home value	$96,500 → $111,300 (+15.3%)	$97,300 → $113,400 (+16.5%)
Median gross rent	$700 → $850 (+21.4%)	$563 → $741 (+31.6%)

Emden

Population

468374

Median household income

$56,346$68,875

Median home value

$96,500$111,300

Median gross rent

$700$850

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)

	Emden	Mount Pulaski
Under 5	8.8%	6.1%
5 to 17	9.9%	20.2%
18 to 24	9.1%	4.3%
25 to 34	18.7%	7.3%
35 to 44	6.1%	12.1%
45 to 54	13.9%	15.9%
55 to 64	11.8%	13.4%
65 to 74	12.6%	7.8%
75 and over	9.1%	13.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Emden	Mount Pulaski
White (non-Hispanic)	92.5%	97.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.9%	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	2.4%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Emden	Mount Pulaski
No high school diploma	3.3%	5.0%
High school graduate	38.1%	42.2%
Some college or associate's	35.9%	29.1%
Bachelor's degree	19.6%	17.9%
Graduate or professional degree	3.0%	5.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Emden	Mount Pulaski
Drove alone	84.7%	82.2%
Carpooled	10.7%	6.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.8%	8.8%
Other means	1.7%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Emden	Mount Pulaski
1-unit, detached	88.4%	89.1%
1-unit, attached	7.9%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	3.7%	7.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Emden	Mount Pulaski
Poverty rate	6.4%	5.4%
Average household size	1.98	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	27	24
Median year structure built	1958	1945