Kinmundy vs Wamac

A side-by-side comparison of Kinmundy and Wamac: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Kinmundy has the higher population (831 vs 794 in Wamac). Wamac has the higher median household income ($40,000 vs $37,667 in Kinmundy). Kinmundy has the higher median home value ($83,900 vs $21,900 in Wamac).

Population, income & housing

	Kinmundy	Wamac
Population	831	794
Median age	49.0 yrs	43.3 yrs
Median household income	$37,667	$40,000
Median home value	$83,900	$21,900
Median gross rent	$580	$805
Housing units	437	395
Homeownership rate	80.2%	65.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.9%	1.9%
Unemployment rate	12.9%	12.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kinmundy	Wamac
Population	881 → 831 (-5.7%)	1,280 → 794 (-38.0%)
Median household income	$44,688 → $37,667 (-15.7%)	$31,667 → $40,000 (+26.3%)
Median home value	$58,500 → $83,900 (+43.4%)	$28,400 → $21,900 (-22.9%)
Median gross rent	$496 → $580 (+16.9%)	$671 → $805 (+20.0%)

Kinmundy

Population

881831

Median household income

$44,688$37,667

Median home value

$58,500$83,900

Median gross rent

$496$580

Wamac

Population

1,280794

Median household income

$31,667$40,000

Median home value

$28,400$21,900

Median gross rent

$671$805

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kinmundy	Wamac
Under 5	5.4%	6.2%
5 to 17	16.2%	18.5%
18 to 24	5.3%	3.9%
25 to 34	7.6%	14.5%
35 to 44	12.4%	11.8%
45 to 54	15.5%	11.6%
55 to 64	9.6%	23.8%
65 to 74	14.4%	8.8%
75 and over	13.5%	0.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kinmundy	Wamac
White (non-Hispanic)	94.9%	91.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	0.1%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.4%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	2.5%	3.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kinmundy	Wamac
No high school diploma	12.4%	17.8%
High school graduate	43.5%	50.1%
Some college or associate's	36.2%	30.2%
Bachelor's degree	4.6%	1.9%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kinmundy	Wamac
Drove alone	78.2%	71.2%
Carpooled	19.2%	18.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	3.2%
Worked from home	1.9%	4.3%
Other means	0.0%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kinmundy	Wamac
1-unit, detached	65.4%	58.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	28.4%	41.8%

Poverty & households

	Kinmundy	Wamac
Poverty rate	19.4%	29.4%
Average household size	2.09	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	28	25
Median year structure built	1970	1964