Dongola vs Mill Creek

A side-by-side comparison of Dongola and Mill Creek: population, income, housing, and more.

Dongola and Mill Creek are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Dongola has the higher population (576 vs 32 in Mill Creek). Mill Creek has the higher median household income ($107,500 vs $35,250 in Dongola). Since 2019, Mill Creek's population has grown faster (-3.0% vs -31.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Dongola	Mill Creek
Population	576	32
Median age	39.1 yrs	45.8 yrs
Median household income	$35,250	$107,500
Median home value	$67,500	—
Median gross rent	$440	—
Housing units	312	12
Homeownership rate	59.4%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.3%	29.2%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	33.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dongola	Mill Creek
Population	837 → 576 (-31.2%)	33 → 32 (-3.0%)
Median household income	$34,917 → $35,250 (+1.0%)	—
Median home value	$73,500 → $67,500 (-8.2%)	$35,400 → $38,800 (+9.6%)
Median gross rent	$566 → $440 (-22.3%)	—

Dongola

Population

837576

Median household income

$34,917$35,250

Median home value

$73,500$67,500

Median gross rent

$566$440

Mill Creek

Population

3332

Median home value

$35,400$38,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dongola	Mill Creek
Under 5	5.7%	3.1%
5 to 17	14.4%	6.3%
18 to 24	6.8%	15.6%
25 to 34	14.8%	0.0%
35 to 44	13.5%	15.6%
45 to 54	10.1%	18.8%
55 to 64	19.6%	12.5%
65 to 74	10.8%	3.1%
75 and over	4.3%	25.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dongola	Mill Creek
White (non-Hispanic)	87.3%	81.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.1%	9.4%
Hispanic or Latino	8.7%	9.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dongola	Mill Creek
No high school diploma	21.9%	0.0%
High school graduate	37.8%	54.2%
Some college or associate's	31.1%	16.7%
Bachelor's degree	7.4%	20.8%
Graduate or professional degree	1.9%	8.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dongola	Mill Creek
Drove alone	77.8%	100.0%
Carpooled	17.6%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.4%	0.0%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dongola	Mill Creek
1-unit, detached	68.6%	66.7%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	14.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	15.4%	33.3%

Poverty & households

	Dongola	Mill Creek
Poverty rate	22.0%	15.6%
Average household size	2.30	2.67
Mean commute (minutes)	27	29
Median year structure built	1966	1973