Karnak vs Mound City

A side-by-side comparison of Karnak and Mound City: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Mound City has the higher population (756 vs 507 in Karnak). Karnak has the higher median household income ($41,458 vs $39,808 in Mound City). Karnak has the higher median home value ($66,700 vs $43,900 in Mound City).

Population, income & housing

	Karnak	Mound City
Population	507	756
Median age	42.2 yrs	37.3 yrs
Median household income	$41,458	$39,808
Median home value	$66,700	$43,900
Median gross rent	$708	$783
Housing units	195	297
Homeownership rate	77.6%	36.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.1%	1.1%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Karnak	Mound City
Population	481 → 507 (+5.4%)	744 → 756 (+1.6%)
Median household income	$30,536 → $41,458 (+35.8%)	$31,875 → $39,808 (+24.9%)
Median home value	$51,800 → $66,700 (+28.8%)	$34,600 → $43,900 (+26.9%)
Median gross rent	$533 → $708 (+32.8%)	$522 → $783 (+50.0%)

Karnak

Population

481507

Median household income

$30,536$41,458

Median home value

$51,800$66,700

Median gross rent

$533$708

Mound City

Population

744756

Median household income

$31,875$39,808

Median home value

$34,600$43,900

Median gross rent

$522$783

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Karnak	Mound City
Under 5	3.2%	3.8%
5 to 17	14.0%	26.6%
18 to 24	19.3%	6.9%
25 to 34	7.9%	9.5%
35 to 44	9.5%	25.1%
45 to 54	11.8%	4.1%
55 to 64	13.6%	11.6%
65 to 74	14.4%	7.0%
75 and over	6.3%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Karnak	Mound City
White (non-Hispanic)	79.3%	52.6%
Black or African American	7.5%	43.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	13.0%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Karnak	Mound City
No high school diploma	11.2%	8.6%
High school graduate	50.9%	59.7%
Some college or associate's	20.8%	30.6%
Bachelor's degree	8.4%	0.4%
Graduate or professional degree	8.7%	0.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Karnak	Mound City
Drove alone	84.9%	54.0%
Carpooled	4.3%	43.3%
Public transit	2.7%	0.0%
Walked	3.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.5%	1.5%
Other means	4.3%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Karnak	Mound City
1-unit, detached	71.8%	57.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.0%	37.7%
5 to 19 units	4.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	23.1%	4.4%

Poverty & households

	Karnak	Mound City
Poverty rate	30.4%	17.7%
Average household size	2.81	3.74
Mean commute (minutes)	26	37
Median year structure built	1959	1965