Karnak vs Pulaski

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

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

Karnak has the higher population (507 vs 230 in Pulaski). Karnak has the higher median household income ($41,458 vs $31,290 in Pulaski). Pulaski has the higher median home value ($84,400 vs $66,700 in Karnak).

Population, income & housing

	Karnak	Pulaski
Population	507	230
Median age	42.2 yrs	55.2 yrs
Median household income	$41,458	$31,290
Median home value	$66,700	$84,400
Median gross rent	$708	$669
Housing units	195	152
Homeownership rate	77.6%	65.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.1%	13.3%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Karnak	Pulaski
Population	481 → 507 (+5.4%)	271 → 230 (-15.1%)
Median household income	$30,536 → $41,458 (+35.8%)	$35,694 → $31,290 (-12.3%)
Median home value	$51,800 → $66,700 (+28.8%)	$44,400 → $84,400 (+90.1%)
Median gross rent	$533 → $708 (+32.8%)	$566 → $669 (+18.2%)

Karnak

Population

481507

Median household income

$30,536$41,458

Median home value

$51,800$66,700

Median gross rent

$533$708

Pulaski

Population

271230

Median household income

$35,694$31,290

Median home value

$44,400$84,400

Median gross rent

$566$669

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Karnak	Pulaski
Under 5	3.2%	10.0%
5 to 17	14.0%	4.8%
18 to 24	19.3%	0.0%
25 to 34	7.9%	8.7%
35 to 44	9.5%	1.7%
45 to 54	11.8%	22.2%
55 to 64	13.6%	27.8%
65 to 74	14.4%	20.0%
75 and over	6.3%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Karnak	Pulaski
White (non-Hispanic)	79.3%	56.1%
Black or African American	7.5%	40.9%
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%	0.0%
Two or more races	13.0%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Karnak	Pulaski
No high school diploma	11.2%	18.9%
High school graduate	50.9%	44.9%
Some college or associate's	20.8%	23.0%
Bachelor's degree	8.4%	8.2%
Graduate or professional degree	8.7%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Karnak	Pulaski
Drove alone	84.9%	88.9%
Carpooled	4.3%	0.0%
Public transit	2.7%	0.0%
Walked	3.2%	3.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.5%	0.0%
Other means	4.3%	7.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Karnak	Pulaski
1-unit, detached	71.8%	80.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.0%	5.3%
5 to 19 units	4.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	23.1%	14.5%

Poverty & households

	Karnak	Pulaski
Poverty rate	30.4%	20.4%
Average household size	2.81	1.80
Mean commute (minutes)	26	29
Median year structure built	1959	1956