Allendale vs Mount Carmel

A side-by-side comparison of Allendale and Mount Carmel: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Mount Carmel has the higher population (6,892 vs 491 in Allendale). Allendale has the higher median household income ($70,500 vs $45,884 in Mount Carmel). Mount Carmel has the higher median home value ($88,500 vs $83,500 in Allendale).

Population, income & housing

	Allendale	Mount Carmel
Population	491	6,892
Median age	48.0 yrs	43.9 yrs
Median household income	$70,500	$45,884
Median home value	$83,500	$88,500
Median gross rent	$642	$750
Housing units	191	3,443
Homeownership rate	94.5%	67.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.0%	16.7%
Unemployment rate	21.5%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Allendale	Mount Carmel
Population	770 → 491 (-36.2%)	7,019 → 6,892 (-1.8%)
Median household income	$71,094 → $70,500 (-0.8%)	$43,656 → $45,884 (+5.1%)
Median home value	$71,600 → $83,500 (+16.6%)	$78,700 → $88,500 (+12.5%)
Median gross rent	$538 → $642 (+19.3%)	$606 → $750 (+23.8%)

Allendale

Population

770491

Median household income

$71,094$70,500

Median home value

$71,600$83,500

Median gross rent

$538$642

Mount Carmel

Population

7,0196,892

Median household income

$43,656$45,884

Median home value

$78,700$88,500

Median gross rent

$606$750

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Allendale	Mount Carmel
Under 5	2.6%	3.7%
5 to 17	15.3%	17.8%
18 to 24	14.5%	8.1%
25 to 34	5.5%	9.3%
35 to 44	11.2%	12.0%
45 to 54	17.1%	11.7%
55 to 64	13.0%	13.9%
65 to 74	13.4%	13.5%
75 and over	7.3%	10.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Allendale	Mount Carmel
White (non-Hispanic)	95.5%	92.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.8%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.8%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Allendale	Mount Carmel
No high school diploma	7.5%	7.8%
High school graduate	34.3%	34.3%
Some college or associate's	45.2%	41.2%
Bachelor's degree	7.5%	11.7%
Graduate or professional degree	5.4%	5.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Allendale	Mount Carmel
Drove alone	87.0%	79.4%
Carpooled	9.3%	13.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	3.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	3.3%	1.6%
Other means	0.0%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Allendale	Mount Carmel
1-unit, detached	69.6%	76.2%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.6%	6.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.3%
Mobile home & other	25.1%	7.0%

Poverty & households

	Allendale	Mount Carmel
Poverty rate	11.5%	15.9%
Average household size	2.70	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	28	23
Median year structure built	1978	1957