Mound City vs Pulaski

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

Mound City and Pulaski 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 230 in Pulaski). Mound City has the higher median household income ($39,808 vs $31,290 in Pulaski). Pulaski has the higher median home value ($84,400 vs $43,900 in Mound City).

Population, income & housing

	Mound City	Pulaski
Population	756	230
Median age	37.3 yrs	55.2 yrs
Median household income	$39,808	$31,290
Median home value	$43,900	$84,400
Median gross rent	$783	$669
Housing units	297	152
Homeownership rate	36.1%	65.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	1.1%	13.3%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mound City	Pulaski
Population	744 → 756 (+1.6%)	271 → 230 (-15.1%)
Median household income	$31,875 → $39,808 (+24.9%)	$35,694 → $31,290 (-12.3%)
Median home value	$34,600 → $43,900 (+26.9%)	$44,400 → $84,400 (+90.1%)
Median gross rent	$522 → $783 (+50.0%)	$566 → $669 (+18.2%)

Mound City

Population

744756

Median household income

$31,875$39,808

Median home value

$34,600$43,900

Median gross rent

$522$783

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)

	Mound City	Pulaski
Under 5	3.8%	10.0%
5 to 17	26.6%	4.8%
18 to 24	6.9%	0.0%
25 to 34	9.5%	8.7%
35 to 44	25.1%	1.7%
45 to 54	4.1%	22.2%
55 to 64	11.6%	27.8%
65 to 74	7.0%	20.0%
75 and over	5.3%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mound City	Pulaski
White (non-Hispanic)	52.6%	56.1%
Black or African American	43.7%	40.9%
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%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mound City	Pulaski
No high school diploma	8.6%	18.9%
High school graduate	59.7%	44.9%
Some college or associate's	30.6%	23.0%
Bachelor's degree	0.4%	8.2%
Graduate or professional degree	0.6%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mound City	Pulaski
Drove alone	54.0%	88.9%
Carpooled	43.3%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.7%
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	Pulaski
1-unit, detached	57.9%	80.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	37.7%	5.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.4%	14.5%

Poverty & households

	Mound City	Pulaski
Poverty rate	17.7%	20.4%
Average household size	3.74	1.80
Mean commute (minutes)	37	29
Median year structure built	1965	1956