Argenta vs Blue Mound

A side-by-side comparison of Argenta and Blue Mound: population, income, housing, and more.

Argenta and Blue Mound are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Blue Mound has the higher population (891 vs 838 in Argenta). Argenta has the higher median household income ($75,313 vs $63,472 in Blue Mound). Argenta has the higher median home value ($107,200 vs $98,700 in Blue Mound).

Population, income & housing

	Argenta	Blue Mound
Population	838	891
Median age	41.4 yrs	42.0 yrs
Median household income	$75,313	$63,472
Median home value	$107,200	$98,700
Median gross rent	$1,208	$871
Housing units	374	502
Homeownership rate	85.2%	79.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.4%	17.8%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Argenta	Blue Mound
Population	1,115 → 838 (-24.8%)	1,148 → 891 (-22.4%)
Median household income	$66,389 → $75,313 (+13.4%)	$43,667 → $63,472 (+45.4%)
Median home value	$93,300 → $107,200 (+14.9%)	$86,500 → $98,700 (+14.1%)
Median gross rent	$725 → $1,208 (+66.6%)	$781 → $871 (+11.5%)

Argenta

Population

1,115838

Median household income

$66,389$75,313

Median home value

$93,300$107,200

Median gross rent

$725$1,208

Blue Mound

Population

1,148891

Median household income

$43,667$63,472

Median home value

$86,500$98,700

Median gross rent

$781$871

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Argenta	Blue Mound
Under 5	8.4%	5.7%
5 to 17	18.3%	17.8%
18 to 24	4.9%	2.5%
25 to 34	8.6%	14.1%
35 to 44	14.3%	12.1%
45 to 54	8.4%	13.0%
55 to 64	12.6%	11.9%
65 to 74	15.5%	14.1%
75 and over	9.1%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Argenta	Blue Mound
White (non-Hispanic)	93.1%	87.9%
Black or African American	0.1%	2.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.1%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	2.0%	3.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Argenta	Blue Mound
No high school diploma	7.3%	8.8%
High school graduate	31.7%	48.4%
Some college or associate's	44.6%	25.0%
Bachelor's degree	12.4%	9.1%
Graduate or professional degree	4.0%	8.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Argenta	Blue Mound
Drove alone	96.5%	84.9%
Carpooled	2.5%	0.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	4.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	2.2%
Worked from home	0.0%	6.6%
Other means	1.1%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Argenta	Blue Mound
1-unit, detached	90.6%	84.1%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	4.8%
2 to 4 units	2.4%	0.6%
5 to 19 units	2.9%	4.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.1%	6.4%

Poverty & households

	Argenta	Blue Mound
Poverty rate	6.0%	9.8%
Average household size	2.49	2.06
Mean commute (minutes)	24	26
Median year structure built	1954	1962