Keensburg vs Mount Carmel

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

Keensburg 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 149 in Keensburg). Keensburg has the higher median household income ($73,906 vs $45,884 in Mount Carmel). Mount Carmel has the higher median home value ($88,500 vs $80,600 in Keensburg).

Population, income & housing

	Keensburg	Mount Carmel
Population	149	6,892
Median age	52.8 yrs	43.9 yrs
Median household income	$73,906	$45,884
Median home value	$80,600	$88,500
Median gross rent	—	$750
Housing units	78	3,443
Homeownership rate	88.4%	67.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.6%	16.7%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Keensburg	Mount Carmel
Population	82 → 149 (+81.7%)	7,019 → 6,892 (-1.8%)
Median household income	$74,375 → $73,906 (-0.6%)	$43,656 → $45,884 (+5.1%)
Median home value	$58,800 → $80,600 (+37.1%)	$78,700 → $88,500 (+12.5%)
Median gross rent	—	$606 → $750 (+23.8%)

Keensburg

Population

82149

Median household income

$74,375$73,906

Median home value

$58,800$80,600

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)

	Keensburg	Mount Carmel
Under 5	8.7%	3.7%
5 to 17	0.7%	17.8%
18 to 24	3.4%	8.1%
25 to 34	17.4%	9.3%
35 to 44	8.1%	12.0%
45 to 54	18.1%	11.7%
55 to 64	21.5%	13.9%
65 to 74	16.1%	13.5%
75 and over	6.0%	10.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Keensburg	Mount Carmel
White (non-Hispanic)	86.6%	92.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.0%	0.0%
Asian	5.4%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.0%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	2.0%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Keensburg	Mount Carmel
No high school diploma	16.9%	7.8%
High school graduate	30.8%	34.3%
Some college or associate's	47.7%	41.2%
Bachelor's degree	0.8%	11.7%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	5.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Keensburg	Mount Carmel
Drove alone	87.0%	79.4%
Carpooled	5.2%	13.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.5%	3.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	0.0%	1.6%
Other means	1.3%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Keensburg	Mount Carmel
1-unit, detached	65.4%	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	34.6%	7.0%

Poverty & households

	Keensburg	Mount Carmel
Poverty rate	4.0%	15.9%
Average household size	2.16	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	19	23
Median year structure built	1957	1957