Blue Mound vs Boody

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

Blue Mound and Boody 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 420 in Boody). Blue Mound has the higher median household income ($63,472 vs $60,859 in Boody). Boody has the higher median home value ($112,100 vs $98,700 in Blue Mound).

Population, income & housing

	Blue Mound	Boody
Population	891	420
Median age	42.0 yrs	34.9 yrs
Median household income	$63,472	$60,859
Median home value	$98,700	$112,100
Median gross rent	$871	—
Housing units	502	175
Homeownership rate	79.7%	69.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.8%	42.3%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	8.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blue Mound	Boody
Population	1,148 → 891 (-22.4%)	363 → 420 (+15.7%)
Median household income	$43,667 → $63,472 (+45.4%)	$76,750 → $60,859 (-20.7%)
Median home value	$86,500 → $98,700 (+14.1%)	$78,600 → $112,100 (+42.6%)
Median gross rent	$781 → $871 (+11.5%)	—

Blue Mound

Population

1,148891

Median household income

$43,667$63,472

Median home value

$86,500$98,700

Median gross rent

$781$871

Boody

Population

363420

Median household income

$76,750$60,859

Median home value

$78,600$112,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blue Mound	Boody
Under 5	5.7%	4.8%
5 to 17	17.8%	28.3%
18 to 24	2.5%	0.0%
25 to 34	14.1%	18.6%
35 to 44	12.1%	8.3%
45 to 54	13.0%	11.9%
55 to 64	11.9%	7.9%
65 to 74	14.1%	18.8%
75 and over	8.6%	1.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blue Mound	Boody
White (non-Hispanic)	87.9%	97.1%
Black or African American	2.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	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	5.4%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.9%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blue Mound	Boody
No high school diploma	8.8%	0.0%
High school graduate	48.4%	38.1%
Some college or associate's	25.0%	19.6%
Bachelor's degree	9.1%	24.9%
Graduate or professional degree	8.6%	17.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blue Mound	Boody
Drove alone	84.9%	100.0%
Carpooled	0.7%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	2.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.6%	0.0%
Other means	1.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blue Mound	Boody
1-unit, detached	84.1%	97.1%
1-unit, attached	4.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.4%	2.9%

Poverty & households

	Blue Mound	Boody
Poverty rate	9.8%	0.0%
Average household size	2.06	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	26	29
Median year structure built	1962	1941