Blue Mound vs Elwin

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

Blue Mound and Elwin 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 33 in Elwin). Elwin has the higher median home value ($114,100 vs $98,700 in Blue Mound). Since 2019, Blue Mound's population has grown faster (-22.4% vs -76.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Blue Mound	Elwin
Population	891	33
Median age	42.0 yrs	25.8 yrs
Median household income	$63,472	—
Median home value	$98,700	$114,100
Median gross rent	$871	—
Housing units	502	23
Homeownership rate	79.7%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.8%	34.8%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blue Mound	Elwin
Population	1,148 → 891 (-22.4%)	143 → 33 (-76.9%)
Median household income	$43,667 → $63,472 (+45.4%)	—
Median home value	$86,500 → $98,700 (+14.1%)	$95,600 → $114,100 (+19.4%)
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

Elwin

Population

14333

Median home value

$95,600$114,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blue Mound	Elwin
Under 5	5.7%	0.0%
5 to 17	17.8%	0.0%
18 to 24	2.5%	30.3%
25 to 34	14.1%	24.2%
35 to 44	12.1%	0.0%
45 to 54	13.0%	0.0%
55 to 64	11.9%	0.0%
65 to 74	14.1%	24.2%
75 and over	8.6%	21.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blue Mound	Elwin
White (non-Hispanic)	87.9%	100.0%
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%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blue Mound	Elwin
No high school diploma	8.8%	0.0%
High school graduate	48.4%	30.4%
Some college or associate's	25.0%	34.8%
Bachelor's degree	9.1%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	8.6%	34.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blue Mound	Elwin
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	Elwin
1-unit, detached	84.1%	100.0%
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%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Blue Mound	Elwin
Poverty rate	9.8%	0.0%
Average household size	2.06	1.43
Mean commute (minutes)	26	—
Median year structure built	1962	1972