Harristown vs Mount Zion

A side-by-side comparison of Harristown and Mount Zion: population, income, housing, and more.

Harristown and Mount Zion are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Mount Zion has the higher population (6,076 vs 1,526 in Harristown). Mount Zion has the higher median household income ($110,786 vs $74,018 in Harristown). Mount Zion has the higher median home value ($200,300 vs $116,700 in Harristown).

Population, income & housing

	Harristown	Mount Zion
Population	1,526	6,076
Median age	39.4 yrs	40.1 yrs
Median household income	$74,018	$110,786
Median home value	$116,700	$200,300
Median gross rent	$825	$696
Housing units	577	2,251
Homeownership rate	86.9%	84.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.7%	33.3%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Harristown	Mount Zion
Population	1,268 → 1,526 (+20.3%)	5,975 → 6,076 (+1.7%)
Median household income	$60,455 → $74,018 (+22.4%)	$85,765 → $110,786 (+29.2%)
Median home value	$92,600 → $116,700 (+26.0%)	$152,000 → $200,300 (+31.8%)
Median gross rent	$596 → $825 (+38.4%)	$662 → $696 (+5.1%)

Harristown

Population

1,2681,526

Median household income

$60,455$74,018

Median home value

$92,600$116,700

Median gross rent

$596$825

Mount Zion

Population

5,9756,076

Median household income

$85,765$110,786

Median home value

$152,000$200,300

Median gross rent

$662$696

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Harristown	Mount Zion
Under 5	5.2%	4.7%
5 to 17	22.3%	27.1%
18 to 24	4.9%	3.7%
25 to 34	13.7%	6.3%
35 to 44	8.7%	18.3%
45 to 54	11.9%	11.5%
55 to 64	12.4%	10.3%
65 to 74	13.6%	10.9%
75 and over	7.4%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Harristown	Mount Zion
White (non-Hispanic)	95.1%	89.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	4.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	3.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	2.8%	0.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Harristown	Mount Zion
No high school diploma	4.7%	2.1%
High school graduate	42.5%	31.6%
Some college or associate's	36.0%	33.1%
Bachelor's degree	13.0%	22.3%
Graduate or professional degree	3.7%	10.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Harristown	Mount Zion
Drove alone	85.8%	91.0%
Carpooled	7.8%	3.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.0%	5.1%
Other means	0.9%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Harristown	Mount Zion
1-unit, detached	93.6%	85.1%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	2.1%	3.2%
5 to 19 units	0.9%	10.5%
20 or more units	1.7%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Harristown	Mount Zion
Poverty rate	7.2%	3.5%
Average household size	2.69	2.84
Mean commute (minutes)	21	21
Median year structure built	1962	1980