Mounds vs Pulaski

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

Mounds and Pulaski 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 230 in Pulaski). Pulaski has the higher median household income ($31,290 vs $27,333 in Mounds). Since 2019, Mounds's population has grown faster (+2.0% vs -15.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Mounds	Pulaski
Population	855	230
Median age	36.5 yrs	55.2 yrs
Median household income	$27,333	$31,290
Median home value	—	$84,400
Median gross rent	$559	$669
Housing units	557	152
Homeownership rate	49.7%	65.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.9%	13.3%
Unemployment rate	7.7%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mounds	Pulaski
Population	838 → 855 (+2.0%)	271 → 230 (-15.1%)
Median household income	$21,974 → $27,333 (+24.4%)	$35,694 → $31,290 (-12.3%)
Median home value	$24,700 → $26,500 (+7.3%)	$44,400 → $84,400 (+90.1%)
Median gross rent	$470 → $559 (+18.9%)	$566 → $669 (+18.2%)

Mounds

Population

838855

Median household income

$21,974$27,333

Median home value

$24,700$26,500

Median gross rent

$470$559

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)

	Mounds	Pulaski
Under 5	7.8%	10.0%
5 to 17	20.1%	4.8%
18 to 24	14.6%	0.0%
25 to 34	1.5%	8.7%
35 to 44	13.9%	1.7%
45 to 54	12.5%	22.2%
55 to 64	11.1%	27.8%
65 to 74	8.7%	20.0%
75 and over	9.7%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mounds	Pulaski
White (non-Hispanic)	4.7%	56.1%
Black or African American	92.5%	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	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.9%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mounds	Pulaski
No high school diploma	31.2%	18.9%
High school graduate	31.2%	44.9%
Some college or associate's	22.8%	23.0%
Bachelor's degree	6.5%	8.2%
Graduate or professional degree	8.4%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mounds	Pulaski
Drove alone	87.1%	88.9%
Carpooled	4.5%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.4%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	7.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mounds	Pulaski
1-unit, detached	69.1%	80.3%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	15.6%	5.3%
5 to 19 units	2.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.2%	14.5%

Poverty & households

	Mounds	Pulaski
Poverty rate	46.6%	20.4%
Average household size	2.71	1.80
Mean commute (minutes)	34	29
Median year structure built	1966	1956