Mound City vs New Grand Chain

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

Mound City and New Grand Chain 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 144 in New Grand Chain). Mound City has the higher median household income ($39,808 vs $31,250 in New Grand Chain). New Grand Chain has the higher median home value ($52,500 vs $43,900 in Mound City).

Population, income & housing

	Mound City	New Grand Chain
Population	756	144
Median age	37.3 yrs	45.6 yrs
Median household income	$39,808	$31,250
Median home value	$43,900	$52,500
Median gross rent	$783	$494
Housing units	297	102
Homeownership rate	36.1%	58.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	1.1%	15.4%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mound City	New Grand Chain
Population	744 → 756 (+1.6%)	185 → 144 (-22.2%)
Median household income	$31,875 → $39,808 (+24.9%)	$41,136 → $31,250 (-24.0%)
Median home value	$34,600 → $43,900 (+26.9%)	$70,000 → $52,500 (-25.0%)
Median gross rent	$522 → $783 (+50.0%)	$863 → $494 (-42.8%)

Mound City

Population

744756

Median household income

$31,875$39,808

Median home value

$34,600$43,900

Median gross rent

$522$783

New Grand Chain

Population

185144

Median household income

$41,136$31,250

Median home value

$70,000$52,500

Median gross rent

$863$494

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mound City	New Grand Chain
Under 5	3.8%	5.6%
5 to 17	26.6%	3.5%
18 to 24	6.9%	18.8%
25 to 34	9.5%	13.9%
35 to 44	25.1%	6.3%
45 to 54	4.1%	21.5%
55 to 64	11.6%	9.7%
65 to 74	7.0%	7.6%
75 and over	5.3%	13.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mound City	New Grand Chain
White (non-Hispanic)	52.6%	78.5%
Black or African American	43.7%	6.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.4%
Two or more races	3.3%	6.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	5.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mound City	New Grand Chain
No high school diploma	8.6%	4.8%
High school graduate	59.7%	32.7%
Some college or associate's	30.6%	47.1%
Bachelor's degree	0.4%	9.6%
Graduate or professional degree	0.6%	5.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mound City	New Grand Chain
Drove alone	54.0%	88.9%
Carpooled	43.3%	3.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.5%	0.0%
Other means	1.1%	7.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mound City	New Grand Chain
1-unit, detached	57.9%	64.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	37.7%	11.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.4%	20.6%

Poverty & households

	Mound City	New Grand Chain
Poverty rate	17.7%	15.3%
Average household size	3.74	1.82
Mean commute (minutes)	37	27
Median year structure built	1965	1963