Blue Mound vs Niantic

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

Blue Mound and Niantic 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 734 in Niantic). Niantic has the higher median household income ($64,009 vs $63,472 in Blue Mound). Niantic has the higher median home value ($111,700 vs $98,700 in Blue Mound).

Population, income & housing

	Blue Mound	Niantic
Population	891	734
Median age	42.0 yrs	31.7 yrs
Median household income	$63,472	$64,009
Median home value	$98,700	$111,700
Median gross rent	$871	$1,000
Housing units	502	263
Homeownership rate	79.7%	87.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.8%	10.0%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	11.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blue Mound	Niantic
Population	1,148 → 891 (-22.4%)	574 → 734 (+27.9%)
Median household income	$43,667 → $63,472 (+45.4%)	$56,111 → $64,009 (+14.1%)
Median home value	$86,500 → $98,700 (+14.1%)	$84,000 → $111,700 (+33.0%)
Median gross rent	$781 → $871 (+11.5%)	$575 → $1,000 (+73.9%)

Blue Mound

Population

1,148891

Median household income

$43,667$63,472

Median home value

$86,500$98,700

Median gross rent

$781$871

Niantic

Population

574734

Median household income

$56,111$64,009

Median home value

$84,000$111,700

Median gross rent

$575$1,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blue Mound	Niantic
Under 5	5.7%	17.4%
5 to 17	17.8%	19.9%
18 to 24	2.5%	6.9%
25 to 34	14.1%	12.0%
35 to 44	12.1%	16.3%
45 to 54	13.0%	9.5%
55 to 64	11.9%	6.5%
65 to 74	14.1%	8.2%
75 and over	8.6%	3.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blue Mound	Niantic
White (non-Hispanic)	87.9%	81.5%
Black or African American	2.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
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%	9.3%
Hispanic or Latino	3.9%	9.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blue Mound	Niantic
No high school diploma	8.8%	10.5%
High school graduate	48.4%	43.0%
Some college or associate's	25.0%	36.4%
Bachelor's degree	9.1%	5.1%
Graduate or professional degree	8.6%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blue Mound	Niantic
Drove alone	84.9%	78.5%
Carpooled	0.7%	16.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	2.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.6%	4.3%
Other means	1.2%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blue Mound	Niantic
1-unit, detached	84.1%	90.9%
1-unit, attached	4.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.6%	0.4%
5 to 19 units	4.2%	6.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.4%	2.7%

Poverty & households

	Blue Mound	Niantic
Poverty rate	9.8%	7.1%
Average household size	2.06	3.23
Mean commute (minutes)	26	25
Median year structure built	1962	1945