Mound City vs Mounds

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

Mound City 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 756 in Mound City). Mound City has the higher median household income ($39,808 vs $27,333 in Mounds).

Population, income & housing

	Mound City	Mounds
Population	756	855
Median age	37.3 yrs	36.5 yrs
Median household income	$39,808	$27,333
Median home value	$43,900	—
Median gross rent	$783	$559
Housing units	297	557
Homeownership rate	36.1%	49.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	1.1%	14.9%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	7.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mound City	Mounds
Population	744 → 756 (+1.6%)	838 → 855 (+2.0%)
Median household income	$31,875 → $39,808 (+24.9%)	$21,974 → $27,333 (+24.4%)
Median home value	$34,600 → $43,900 (+26.9%)	$24,700 → $26,500 (+7.3%)
Median gross rent	$522 → $783 (+50.0%)	$470 → $559 (+18.9%)

Mound City

Population

744756

Median household income

$31,875$39,808

Median home value

$34,600$43,900

Median gross rent

$522$783

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)

	Mound City	Mounds
Under 5	3.8%	7.8%
5 to 17	26.6%	20.1%
18 to 24	6.9%	14.6%
25 to 34	9.5%	1.5%
35 to 44	25.1%	13.9%
45 to 54	4.1%	12.5%
55 to 64	11.6%	11.1%
65 to 74	7.0%	8.7%
75 and over	5.3%	9.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mound City	Mounds
White (non-Hispanic)	52.6%	4.7%
Black or African American	43.7%	92.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.7%
Two or more races	3.3%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mound City	Mounds
No high school diploma	8.6%	31.2%
High school graduate	59.7%	31.2%
Some college or associate's	30.6%	22.8%
Bachelor's degree	0.4%	6.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.6%	8.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mound City	Mounds
Drove alone	54.0%	87.1%
Carpooled	43.3%	4.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.5%	8.4%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mound City	Mounds
1-unit, detached	57.9%	69.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	37.7%	15.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	4.4%	10.2%

Poverty & households

	Mound City	Mounds
Poverty rate	17.7%	46.6%
Average household size	3.74	2.71
Mean commute (minutes)	37	34
Median year structure built	1965	1966