Karnak vs Mounds

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

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

Mounds has the higher population (855 vs 507 in Karnak). Karnak has the higher median household income ($41,458 vs $27,333 in Mounds). Since 2019, Karnak's population has grown faster (+5.4% vs +2.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Karnak	Mounds
Population	507	855
Median age	42.2 yrs	36.5 yrs
Median household income	$41,458	$27,333
Median home value	$66,700	—
Median gross rent	$708	$559
Housing units	195	557
Homeownership rate	77.6%	49.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.1%	14.9%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	7.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Karnak	Mounds
Population	481 → 507 (+5.4%)	838 → 855 (+2.0%)
Median household income	$30,536 → $41,458 (+35.8%)	$21,974 → $27,333 (+24.4%)
Median home value	$51,800 → $66,700 (+28.8%)	$24,700 → $26,500 (+7.3%)
Median gross rent	$533 → $708 (+32.8%)	$470 → $559 (+18.9%)

Karnak

Population

481507

Median household income

$30,536$41,458

Median home value

$51,800$66,700

Median gross rent

$533$708

Mounds

Population

838855

Median household income

$21,974$27,333

Median home value

$24,700$26,500

Median gross rent

$470$559

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Karnak	Mounds
Under 5	3.2%	7.8%
5 to 17	14.0%	20.1%
18 to 24	19.3%	14.6%
25 to 34	7.9%	1.5%
35 to 44	9.5%	13.9%
45 to 54	11.8%	12.5%
55 to 64	13.6%	11.1%
65 to 74	14.4%	8.7%
75 and over	6.3%	9.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Karnak	Mounds
White (non-Hispanic)	79.3%	4.7%
Black or African American	7.5%	92.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.7%
Two or more races	13.0%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.2%	0.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Karnak	Mounds
No high school diploma	11.2%	31.2%
High school graduate	50.9%	31.2%
Some college or associate's	20.8%	22.8%
Bachelor's degree	8.4%	6.5%
Graduate or professional degree	8.7%	8.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Karnak	Mounds
Drove alone	84.9%	87.1%
Carpooled	4.3%	4.5%
Public transit	2.7%	0.0%
Walked	3.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.5%	8.4%
Other means	4.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Karnak	Mounds
1-unit, detached	71.8%	69.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	1.0%	15.6%
5 to 19 units	4.1%	2.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	23.1%	10.2%

Poverty & households

	Karnak	Mounds
Poverty rate	30.4%	46.6%
Average household size	2.81	2.71
Mean commute (minutes)	26	34
Median year structure built	1959	1966