Blue Mound vs Long Creek

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

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

Long Creek has the higher population (1,309 vs 891 in Blue Mound). Long Creek has the higher median household income ($83,214 vs $63,472 in Blue Mound). Long Creek has the higher median home value ($165,800 vs $98,700 in Blue Mound).

Population, income & housing

	Blue Mound	Long Creek
Population	891	1,309
Median age	42.0 yrs	49.6 yrs
Median household income	$63,472	$83,214
Median home value	$98,700	$165,800
Median gross rent	$871	$839
Housing units	502	549
Homeownership rate	79.7%	91.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.8%	17.1%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blue Mound	Long Creek
Population	1,148 → 891 (-22.4%)	1,459 → 1,309 (-10.3%)
Median household income	$43,667 → $63,472 (+45.4%)	$84,896 → $83,214 (-2.0%)
Median home value	$86,500 → $98,700 (+14.1%)	$145,200 → $165,800 (+14.2%)
Median gross rent	$781 → $871 (+11.5%)	$717 → $839 (+17.0%)

Blue Mound

Population

1,148891

Median household income

$43,667$63,472

Median home value

$86,500$98,700

Median gross rent

$781$871

Long Creek

Population

1,4591,309

Median household income

$84,896$83,214

Median home value

$145,200$165,800

Median gross rent

$717$839

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blue Mound	Long Creek
Under 5	5.7%	4.3%
5 to 17	17.8%	21.4%
18 to 24	2.5%	3.0%
25 to 34	14.1%	8.9%
35 to 44	12.1%	10.2%
45 to 54	13.0%	13.0%
55 to 64	11.9%	20.6%
65 to 74	14.1%	11.6%
75 and over	8.6%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blue Mound	Long Creek
White (non-Hispanic)	87.9%	97.5%
Black or African American	2.7%	0.5%
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%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	3.9%	0.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blue Mound	Long Creek
No high school diploma	8.8%	9.1%
High school graduate	48.4%	39.6%
Some college or associate's	25.0%	34.2%
Bachelor's degree	9.1%	13.3%
Graduate or professional degree	8.6%	3.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blue Mound	Long Creek
Drove alone	84.9%	76.1%
Carpooled	0.7%	7.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.4%	2.4%
Bicycle	2.2%	0.5%
Worked from home	6.6%	12.5%
Other means	1.2%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blue Mound	Long Creek
1-unit, detached	84.1%	94.9%
1-unit, attached	4.8%	2.0%
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%	3.1%

Poverty & households

	Blue Mound	Long Creek
Poverty rate	9.8%	4.0%
Average household size	2.06	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	26	18
Median year structure built	1962	1973