Long Creek vs Mount Zion

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

Long Creek 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 1,309 in Long Creek). Mount Zion has the higher median household income ($110,786 vs $83,214 in Long Creek). Mount Zion has the higher median home value ($200,300 vs $165,800 in Long Creek).

Population, income & housing

	Long Creek	Mount Zion
Population	1,309	6,076
Median age	49.6 yrs	40.1 yrs
Median household income	$83,214	$110,786
Median home value	$165,800	$200,300
Median gross rent	$839	$696
Housing units	549	2,251
Homeownership rate	91.3%	84.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.1%	33.3%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Long Creek	Mount Zion
Population	1,459 → 1,309 (-10.3%)	5,975 → 6,076 (+1.7%)
Median household income	$84,896 → $83,214 (-2.0%)	$85,765 → $110,786 (+29.2%)
Median home value	$145,200 → $165,800 (+14.2%)	$152,000 → $200,300 (+31.8%)
Median gross rent	$717 → $839 (+17.0%)	$662 → $696 (+5.1%)

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

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)

	Long Creek	Mount Zion
Under 5	4.3%	4.7%
5 to 17	21.4%	27.1%
18 to 24	3.0%	3.7%
25 to 34	8.9%	6.3%
35 to 44	10.2%	18.3%
45 to 54	13.0%	11.5%
55 to 64	20.6%	10.3%
65 to 74	11.6%	10.9%
75 and over	7.2%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Long Creek	Mount Zion
White (non-Hispanic)	97.5%	89.7%
Black or African American	0.5%	4.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	3.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	1.8%	0.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Long Creek	Mount Zion
No high school diploma	9.1%	2.1%
High school graduate	39.6%	31.6%
Some college or associate's	34.2%	33.1%
Bachelor's degree	13.3%	22.3%
Graduate or professional degree	3.9%	10.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Long Creek	Mount Zion
Drove alone	76.1%	91.0%
Carpooled	7.4%	3.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.5%	5.1%
Other means	1.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Long Creek	Mount Zion
1-unit, detached	94.9%	85.1%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	10.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	3.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Long Creek	Mount Zion
Poverty rate	4.0%	3.5%
Average household size	2.54	2.84
Mean commute (minutes)	18	21
Median year structure built	1973	1980