Blue Mound vs Macon

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

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

Macon has the higher population (1,035 vs 891 in Blue Mound). Macon has the higher median household income ($74,063 vs $63,472 in Blue Mound). Macon has the higher median home value ($109,500 vs $98,700 in Blue Mound).

Population, income & housing

	Blue Mound	Macon
Population	891	1,035
Median age	42.0 yrs	46.8 yrs
Median household income	$63,472	$74,063
Median home value	$98,700	$109,500
Median gross rent	$871	$800
Housing units	502	498
Homeownership rate	79.7%	81.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.8%	11.6%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blue Mound	Macon
Population	1,148 → 891 (-22.4%)	1,207 → 1,035 (-14.3%)
Median household income	$43,667 → $63,472 (+45.4%)	$67,188 → $74,063 (+10.2%)
Median home value	$86,500 → $98,700 (+14.1%)	$97,000 → $109,500 (+12.9%)
Median gross rent	$781 → $871 (+11.5%)	$629 → $800 (+27.2%)

Blue Mound

Population

1,148891

Median household income

$43,667$63,472

Median home value

$86,500$98,700

Median gross rent

$781$871

Macon

Population

1,2071,035

Median household income

$67,188$74,063

Median home value

$97,000$109,500

Median gross rent

$629$800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blue Mound	Macon
Under 5	5.7%	5.2%
5 to 17	17.8%	15.1%
18 to 24	2.5%	4.1%
25 to 34	14.1%	14.3%
35 to 44	12.1%	9.9%
45 to 54	13.0%	13.9%
55 to 64	11.9%	15.7%
65 to 74	14.1%	12.7%
75 and over	8.6%	9.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blue Mound	Macon
White (non-Hispanic)	87.9%	95.2%
Black or African American	2.7%	1.8%
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%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	3.9%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blue Mound	Macon
No high school diploma	8.8%	5.2%
High school graduate	48.4%	42.3%
Some college or associate's	25.0%	40.9%
Bachelor's degree	9.1%	9.3%
Graduate or professional degree	8.6%	2.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blue Mound	Macon
Drove alone	84.9%	83.4%
Carpooled	0.7%	8.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.4%	3.1%
Bicycle	2.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.6%	5.1%
Other means	1.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blue Mound	Macon
1-unit, detached	84.1%	86.5%
1-unit, attached	4.8%	3.4%
2 to 4 units	0.6%	5.6%
5 to 19 units	4.2%	2.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.4%	1.8%

Poverty & households

	Blue Mound	Macon
Poverty rate	9.8%	5.7%
Average household size	2.06	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	26	29
Median year structure built	1962	1959