Blue Mound vs Warrensburg

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

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

Warrensburg has the higher population (1,076 vs 891 in Blue Mound). Warrensburg has the higher median household income ($88,897 vs $63,472 in Blue Mound). Warrensburg has the higher median home value ($141,100 vs $98,700 in Blue Mound).

Population, income & housing

	Blue Mound	Warrensburg
Population	891	1,076
Median age	42.0 yrs	39.5 yrs
Median household income	$63,472	$88,897
Median home value	$98,700	$141,100
Median gross rent	$871	$809
Housing units	502	473
Homeownership rate	79.7%	75.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.8%	21.3%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blue Mound	Warrensburg
Population	1,148 → 891 (-22.4%)	1,488 → 1,076 (-27.7%)
Median household income	$43,667 → $63,472 (+45.4%)	$64,107 → $88,897 (+38.7%)
Median home value	$86,500 → $98,700 (+14.1%)	$98,800 → $141,100 (+42.8%)
Median gross rent	$781 → $871 (+11.5%)	$619 → $809 (+30.7%)

Blue Mound

Population

1,148891

Median household income

$43,667$63,472

Median home value

$86,500$98,700

Median gross rent

$781$871

Warrensburg

Population

1,4881,076

Median household income

$64,107$88,897

Median home value

$98,800$141,100

Median gross rent

$619$809

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blue Mound	Warrensburg
Under 5	5.7%	3.1%
5 to 17	17.8%	20.1%
18 to 24	2.5%	11.9%
25 to 34	14.1%	10.6%
35 to 44	12.1%	9.3%
45 to 54	13.0%	15.7%
55 to 64	11.9%	7.0%
65 to 74	14.1%	15.0%
75 and over	8.6%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blue Mound	Warrensburg
White (non-Hispanic)	87.9%	93.0%
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%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	3.9%	2.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blue Mound	Warrensburg
No high school diploma	8.8%	8.2%
High school graduate	48.4%	33.9%
Some college or associate's	25.0%	36.6%
Bachelor's degree	9.1%	18.6%
Graduate or professional degree	8.6%	2.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blue Mound	Warrensburg
Drove alone	84.9%	90.0%
Carpooled	0.7%	4.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.4%	0.8%
Bicycle	2.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.6%	4.4%
Other means	1.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blue Mound	Warrensburg
1-unit, detached	84.1%	79.9%
1-unit, attached	4.8%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	0.6%	3.2%
5 to 19 units	4.2%	15.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.4%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Blue Mound	Warrensburg
Poverty rate	9.8%	6.2%
Average household size	2.06	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	26	25
Median year structure built	1962	1972