Bellmont vs Mount Carmel

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

Bellmont 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 227 in Bellmont). Mount Carmel has the higher median household income ($45,884 vs $43,250 in Bellmont). Mount Carmel has the higher median home value ($88,500 vs $47,000 in Bellmont).

Population, income & housing

	Bellmont	Mount Carmel
Population	227	6,892
Median age	47.3 yrs	43.9 yrs
Median household income	$43,250	$45,884
Median home value	$47,000	$88,500
Median gross rent	$840	$750
Housing units	139	3,443
Homeownership rate	75.9%	67.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	2.0%	16.7%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bellmont	Mount Carmel
Population	234 → 227 (-3.0%)	7,019 → 6,892 (-1.8%)
Median household income	$38,125 → $43,250 (+13.4%)	$43,656 → $45,884 (+5.1%)
Median home value	$46,000 → $47,000 (+2.2%)	$78,700 → $88,500 (+12.5%)
Median gross rent	$650 → $840 (+29.2%)	$606 → $750 (+23.8%)

Bellmont

Population

234227

Median household income

$38,125$43,250

Median home value

$46,000$47,000

Median gross rent

$650$840

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)

	Bellmont	Mount Carmel
Under 5	0.9%	3.7%
5 to 17	21.1%	17.8%
18 to 24	10.6%	8.1%
25 to 34	8.8%	9.3%
35 to 44	7.9%	12.0%
45 to 54	13.7%	11.7%
55 to 64	14.1%	13.9%
65 to 74	11.9%	13.5%
75 and over	11.0%	10.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bellmont	Mount Carmel
White (non-Hispanic)	94.7%	92.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bellmont	Mount Carmel
No high school diploma	5.2%	7.8%
High school graduate	44.4%	34.3%
Some college or associate's	48.4%	41.2%
Bachelor's degree	1.3%	11.7%
Graduate or professional degree	0.7%	5.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bellmont	Mount Carmel
Drove alone	90.0%	79.4%
Carpooled	3.8%	13.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	6.3%	1.6%
Other means	0.0%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bellmont	Mount Carmel
1-unit, detached	63.3%	76.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.3%
Mobile home & other	36.7%	7.0%

Poverty & households

	Bellmont	Mount Carmel
Poverty rate	22.5%	15.9%
Average household size	2.10	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	37	23
Median year structure built	1968	1957