Medora vs Mount Clare

A side-by-side comparison of Medora and Mount Clare: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Mount Clare has the higher population (322 vs 295 in Medora). Medora has the higher median household income ($75,000 vs $66,125 in Mount Clare). Mount Clare has the higher median home value ($111,100 vs $85,000 in Medora).

Population, income & housing

	Medora	Mount Clare
Population	295	322
Median age	44.8 yrs	56.7 yrs
Median household income	$75,000	$66,125
Median home value	$85,000	$111,100
Median gross rent	$913	$569
Housing units	149	122
Homeownership rate	87.3%	75.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.7%	12.3%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	9.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Medora	Mount Clare
Population	337 → 295 (-12.5%)	255 → 322 (+26.3%)
Median household income	$51,250 → $75,000 (+46.3%)	$28,929 → $66,125 (+128.6%)
Median home value	$66,300 → $85,000 (+28.2%)	$79,000 → $111,100 (+40.6%)
Median gross rent	$789 → $913 (+15.7%)	$600 → $569 (-5.2%)

Medora

Population

337295

Median household income

$51,250$75,000

Median home value

$66,300$85,000

Median gross rent

$789$913

Mount Clare

Population

255322

Median household income

$28,929$66,125

Median home value

$79,000$111,100

Median gross rent

$600$569

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Medora	Mount Clare
Under 5	7.8%	4.7%
5 to 17	12.5%	10.9%
18 to 24	10.8%	3.7%
25 to 34	8.1%	5.9%
35 to 44	10.8%	13.4%
45 to 54	9.8%	10.9%
55 to 64	20.0%	12.4%
65 to 74	12.2%	12.1%
75 and over	7.8%	26.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Medora	Mount Clare
White (non-Hispanic)	91.2%	93.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.4%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	5.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Medora	Mount Clare
No high school diploma	3.9%	11.9%
High school graduate	50.7%	51.2%
Some college or associate's	27.6%	24.6%
Bachelor's degree	12.8%	6.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	5.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Medora	Mount Clare
Drove alone	68.4%	83.8%
Carpooled	6.5%	9.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	12.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.0%
Worked from home	12.9%	5.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Medora	Mount Clare
1-unit, detached	89.9%	82.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	11.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.1%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Medora	Mount Clare
Poverty rate	10.5%	16.2%
Average household size	2.50	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	30	34
Median year structure built	1948	1962