Lincoln vs Mount Pulaski

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

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

Lincoln has the higher population (13,406 vs 1,513 in Mount Pulaski). Mount Pulaski has the higher median household income ($70,175 vs $54,390 in Lincoln). Mount Pulaski has the higher median home value ($113,400 vs $111,600 in Lincoln).

Population, income & housing

	Lincoln	Mount Pulaski
Population	13,406	1,513
Median age	38.4 yrs	45.0 yrs
Median household income	$54,390	$70,175
Median home value	$111,600	$113,400
Median gross rent	$804	$741
Housing units	6,297	660
Homeownership rate	58.1%	82.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.2%	23.6%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lincoln	Mount Pulaski
Population	13,652 → 13,406 (-1.8%)	1,590 → 1,513 (-4.8%)
Median household income	$48,931 → $54,390 (+11.2%)	$59,604 → $70,175 (+17.7%)
Median home value	$88,300 → $111,600 (+26.4%)	$97,300 → $113,400 (+16.5%)
Median gross rent	$692 → $804 (+16.2%)	$563 → $741 (+31.6%)

Lincoln

Population

13,65213,406

Median household income

$48,931$54,390

Median home value

$88,300$111,600

Median gross rent

$692$804

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)

	Lincoln	Mount Pulaski
Under 5	4.7%	6.1%
5 to 17	13.7%	20.2%
18 to 24	15.6%	4.3%
25 to 34	12.4%	7.3%
35 to 44	10.0%	12.1%
45 to 54	10.5%	15.9%
55 to 64	11.3%	13.4%
65 to 74	11.8%	7.8%
75 and over	10.0%	13.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lincoln	Mount Pulaski
White (non-Hispanic)	88.1%	97.9%
Black or African American	4.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.1%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	2.4%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lincoln	Mount Pulaski
No high school diploma	6.5%	5.0%
High school graduate	45.1%	42.2%
Some college or associate's	30.2%	29.1%
Bachelor's degree	11.0%	17.9%
Graduate or professional degree	7.2%	5.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lincoln	Mount Pulaski
Drove alone	76.7%	82.2%
Carpooled	11.7%	6.6%
Public transit	0.8%	0.0%
Walked	3.8%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.9%	8.8%
Other means	1.1%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lincoln	Mount Pulaski
1-unit, detached	70.4%	89.1%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	7.5%	7.4%
5 to 19 units	10.0%	0.6%
20 or more units	5.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.6%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Lincoln	Mount Pulaski
Poverty rate	18.2%	5.4%
Average household size	2.08	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	19	24
Median year structure built	1966	1945