Hartsburg vs Mount Pulaski

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

Hartsburg 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 441 in Hartsburg). Hartsburg has the higher median household income ($72,500 vs $70,175 in Mount Pulaski). Mount Pulaski has the higher median home value ($113,400 vs $89,500 in Hartsburg).

Population, income & housing

	Hartsburg	Mount Pulaski
Population	441	1,513
Median age	30.0 yrs	45.0 yrs
Median household income	$72,500	$70,175
Median home value	$89,500	$113,400
Median gross rent	$1,055	$741
Housing units	225	660
Homeownership rate	73.3%	82.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.4%	23.6%
Unemployment rate	8.5%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hartsburg	Mount Pulaski
Population	264 → 441 (+67.0%)	1,590 → 1,513 (-4.8%)
Median household income	$51,667 → $72,500 (+40.3%)	$59,604 → $70,175 (+17.7%)
Median home value	$80,700 → $89,500 (+10.9%)	$97,300 → $113,400 (+16.5%)
Median gross rent	$681 → $1,055 (+54.9%)	$563 → $741 (+31.6%)

Hartsburg

Population

264441

Median household income

$51,667$72,500

Median home value

$80,700$89,500

Median gross rent

$681$1,055

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)

	Hartsburg	Mount Pulaski
Under 5	5.0%	6.1%
5 to 17	10.9%	20.2%
18 to 24	17.7%	4.3%
25 to 34	20.6%	7.3%
35 to 44	7.5%	12.1%
45 to 54	15.6%	15.9%
55 to 64	15.0%	13.4%
65 to 74	4.1%	7.8%
75 and over	3.6%	13.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hartsburg	Mount Pulaski
White (non-Hispanic)	87.1%	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	10.4%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	2.5%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hartsburg	Mount Pulaski
No high school diploma	2.0%	5.0%
High school graduate	32.1%	42.2%
Some college or associate's	47.4%	29.1%
Bachelor's degree	16.7%	17.9%
Graduate or professional degree	1.7%	5.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hartsburg	Mount Pulaski
Drove alone	74.3%	82.2%
Carpooled	22.4%	6.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.2%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.1%	8.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hartsburg	Mount Pulaski
1-unit, detached	96.9%	89.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	7.4%
5 to 19 units	3.1%	0.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Hartsburg	Mount Pulaski
Poverty rate	0.5%	5.4%
Average household size	2.14	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	23	24
Median year structure built	1952	1945