Latham vs Mount Pulaski

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

Latham 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 322 in Latham). Latham has the higher median household income ($76,667 vs $70,175 in Mount Pulaski). Mount Pulaski has the higher median home value ($113,400 vs $79,000 in Latham).

Population, income & housing

	Latham	Mount Pulaski
Population	322	1,513
Median age	47.6 yrs	45.0 yrs
Median household income	$76,667	$70,175
Median home value	$79,000	$113,400
Median gross rent	$936	$741
Housing units	161	660
Homeownership rate	88.4%	82.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.5%	23.6%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Latham	Mount Pulaski
Population	409 → 322 (-21.3%)	1,590 → 1,513 (-4.8%)
Median household income	$53,963 → $76,667 (+42.1%)	$59,604 → $70,175 (+17.7%)
Median home value	$91,300 → $79,000 (-13.5%)	$97,300 → $113,400 (+16.5%)
Median gross rent	$488 → $936 (+91.8%)	$563 → $741 (+31.6%)

Latham

Population

409322

Median household income

$53,963$76,667

Median home value

$91,300$79,000

Median gross rent

$488$936

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)

	Latham	Mount Pulaski
Under 5	4.7%	6.1%
5 to 17	13.7%	20.2%
18 to 24	9.0%	4.3%
25 to 34	7.5%	7.3%
35 to 44	8.4%	12.1%
45 to 54	23.6%	15.9%
55 to 64	13.4%	13.4%
65 to 74	14.6%	7.8%
75 and over	5.3%	13.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Latham	Mount Pulaski
White (non-Hispanic)	82.6%	97.9%
Black or African American	2.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	14.0%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Latham	Mount Pulaski
No high school diploma	9.8%	5.0%
High school graduate	28.6%	42.2%
Some college or associate's	41.0%	29.1%
Bachelor's degree	15.8%	17.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	5.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Latham	Mount Pulaski
Drove alone	81.0%	82.2%
Carpooled	15.6%	6.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.0%	8.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Latham	Mount Pulaski
1-unit, detached	90.1%	89.1%
1-unit, attached	5.6%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	7.4%
5 to 19 units	4.3%	0.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Latham	Mount Pulaski
Poverty rate	8.7%	5.4%
Average household size	2.33	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	26	24
Median year structure built	1943	1945