Allerton vs Muncie

A side-by-side comparison of Allerton and Muncie: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Allerton has the higher population (217 vs 144 in Muncie). Muncie has the higher median household income ($78,750 vs $51,667 in Allerton). Allerton has the higher median home value ($106,700 vs $76,700 in Muncie).

Population, income & housing

	Allerton	Muncie
Population	217	144
Median age	45.6 yrs	53.9 yrs
Median household income	$51,667	$78,750
Median home value	$106,700	$76,700
Median gross rent	$775	—
Housing units	117	76
Homeownership rate	77.6%	94.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.9%	22.7%
Unemployment rate	6.7%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Allerton	Muncie
Population	270 → 217 (-19.6%)	122 → 144 (+18.0%)
Median household income	$50,500 → $51,667 (+2.3%)	$43,250 → $78,750 (+82.1%)
Median home value	$82,900 → $106,700 (+28.7%)	$55,000 → $76,700 (+39.5%)
Median gross rent	$761 → $775 (+1.8%)	$625 → $725 (+16.0%)

Allerton

Population

270217

Median household income

$50,500$51,667

Median home value

$82,900$106,700

Median gross rent

$761$775

Muncie

Population

122144

Median household income

$43,250$78,750

Median home value

$55,000$76,700

Median gross rent

$625$725

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Allerton	Muncie
Under 5	9.7%	2.1%
5 to 17	11.5%	7.6%
18 to 24	5.5%	7.6%
25 to 34	7.4%	12.5%
35 to 44	14.3%	6.9%
45 to 54	15.2%	16.7%
55 to 64	19.8%	14.6%
65 to 74	11.1%	28.5%
75 and over	5.5%	3.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Allerton	Muncie
White (non-Hispanic)	83.4%	96.5%
Black or African American	11.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.7%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.7%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Allerton	Muncie
No high school diploma	6.3%	3.4%
High school graduate	56.6%	38.7%
Some college or associate's	25.2%	35.3%
Bachelor's degree	8.2%	9.2%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	13.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Allerton	Muncie
Drove alone	88.7%	96.3%
Carpooled	5.2%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.2%	3.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Allerton	Muncie
1-unit, detached	76.9%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	16.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Allerton	Muncie
Poverty rate	16.6%	5.6%
Average household size	2.21	2.06
Mean commute (minutes)	28	24
Median year structure built	1965	1942