Mount Clare vs Palmyra

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

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

Palmyra has the higher population (524 vs 322 in Mount Clare). Mount Clare has the higher median household income ($66,125 vs $46,477 in Palmyra). Mount Clare has the higher median home value ($111,100 vs $86,400 in Palmyra).

Population, income & housing

	Mount Clare	Palmyra
Population	322	524
Median age	56.7 yrs	50.4 yrs
Median household income	$66,125	$46,477
Median home value	$111,100	$86,400
Median gross rent	$569	$670
Housing units	122	339
Homeownership rate	75.2%	81.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.3%	10.6%
Unemployment rate	9.5%	7.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mount Clare	Palmyra
Population	255 → 322 (+26.3%)	665 → 524 (-21.2%)
Median household income	$28,929 → $66,125 (+128.6%)	$37,692 → $46,477 (+23.3%)
Median home value	$79,000 → $111,100 (+40.6%)	$64,400 → $86,400 (+34.2%)
Median gross rent	$600 → $569 (-5.2%)	$541 → $670 (+23.8%)

Mount Clare

Population

255322

Median household income

$28,929$66,125

Median home value

$79,000$111,100

Median gross rent

$600$569

Palmyra

Population

665524

Median household income

$37,692$46,477

Median home value

$64,400$86,400

Median gross rent

$541$670

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mount Clare	Palmyra
Under 5	4.7%	1.9%
5 to 17	10.9%	11.8%
18 to 24	3.7%	6.7%
25 to 34	5.9%	12.4%
35 to 44	13.4%	11.3%
45 to 54	10.9%	14.9%
55 to 64	12.4%	11.5%
65 to 74	12.1%	13.0%
75 and over	26.1%	16.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mount Clare	Palmyra
White (non-Hispanic)	93.2%	97.9%
Black or African American	3.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	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	3.1%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mount Clare	Palmyra
No high school diploma	11.9%	16.8%
High school graduate	51.2%	53.7%
Some college or associate's	24.6%	18.9%
Bachelor's degree	6.5%	9.4%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	1.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mount Clare	Palmyra
Drove alone	83.8%	87.0%
Carpooled	9.5%	7.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	5.7%
Bicycle	1.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.7%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mount Clare	Palmyra
1-unit, detached	82.8%	56.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	4.9%	13.6%
5 to 19 units	11.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.8%	28.0%

Poverty & households

	Mount Clare	Palmyra
Poverty rate	16.2%	8.6%
Average household size	2.38	2.14
Mean commute (minutes)	34	42
Median year structure built	1962	1967