Mound City vs Olmsted

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

Mound City and Olmsted 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 257 in Olmsted). Mound City has the higher median household income ($39,808 vs $34,375 in Olmsted). Since 2019, Mound City's population has grown faster (+1.6% vs -47.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Mound City	Olmsted
Population	756	257
Median age	37.3 yrs	57.4 yrs
Median household income	$39,808	$34,375
Median home value	$43,900	—
Median gross rent	$783	$775
Housing units	297	130
Homeownership rate	36.1%	71.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	1.1%	5.7%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mound City	Olmsted
Population	744 → 756 (+1.6%)	486 → 257 (-47.1%)
Median household income	$31,875 → $39,808 (+24.9%)	$24,250 → $34,375 (+41.8%)
Median home value	$34,600 → $43,900 (+26.9%)	$66,500 → $77,500 (+16.5%)
Median gross rent	$522 → $783 (+50.0%)	$479 → $775 (+61.8%)

Mound City

Population

744756

Median household income

$31,875$39,808

Median home value

$34,600$43,900

Median gross rent

$522$783

Olmsted

Population

486257

Median household income

$24,250$34,375

Median home value

$66,500$77,500

Median gross rent

$479$775

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mound City	Olmsted
Under 5	3.8%	5.1%
5 to 17	26.6%	7.4%
18 to 24	6.9%	5.8%
25 to 34	9.5%	18.3%
35 to 44	25.1%	3.5%
45 to 54	4.1%	7.0%
55 to 64	11.6%	15.2%
65 to 74	7.0%	19.5%
75 and over	5.3%	18.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mound City	Olmsted
White (non-Hispanic)	52.6%	73.2%
Black or African American	43.7%	19.1%
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%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.3%	7.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mound City	Olmsted
No high school diploma	8.6%	11.9%
High school graduate	59.7%	57.1%
Some college or associate's	30.6%	25.2%
Bachelor's degree	0.4%	4.3%
Graduate or professional degree	0.6%	1.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mound City	Olmsted
Drove alone	54.0%	84.1%
Carpooled	43.3%	10.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.5%	1.4%
Other means	1.1%	4.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mound City	Olmsted
1-unit, detached	57.9%	80.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	37.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.4%	17.7%

Poverty & households

	Mound City	Olmsted
Poverty rate	17.7%	16.0%
Average household size	3.74	2.86
Mean commute (minutes)	37	31
Median year structure built	1965	1972