Keenes vs Mount Erie

A side-by-side comparison of Keenes and Mount Erie: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Mount Erie has the higher population (133 vs 63 in Keenes). Keenes has the higher median household income ($59,375 vs $28,750 in Mount Erie). Since 2019, Mount Erie's population has grown faster (+46.2% vs +23.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Keenes	Mount Erie
Population	63	133
Median age	51.4 yrs	27.9 yrs
Median household income	$59,375	$28,750
Median home value	—	$90,700
Housing units	34	48
Homeownership rate	100.0%	83.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	1.7%	8.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Keenes	Mount Erie
Population	51 → 63 (+23.5%)	91 → 133 (+46.2%)
Median household income	$33,438 → $59,375 (+77.6%)	$29,722 → $28,750 (-3.3%)
Median home value	—	$62,900 → $90,700 (+44.2%)

Keenes

Population

5163

Median household income

$33,438$59,375

Mount Erie

Population

91133

Median household income

$29,722$28,750

Median home value

$62,900$90,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Keenes	Mount Erie
Under 5	1.6%	23.3%
5 to 17	4.8%	15.8%
18 to 24	1.6%	1.5%
25 to 34	4.8%	21.1%
35 to 44	4.8%	12.8%
45 to 54	36.5%	5.3%
55 to 64	22.2%	8.3%
65 to 74	9.5%	9.0%
75 and over	14.3%	3.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Keenes	Mount Erie
White (non-Hispanic)	95.2%	99.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.8%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Keenes	Mount Erie
No high school diploma	0.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	41.4%	30.4%
Some college or associate's	56.9%	60.8%
Bachelor's degree	1.7%	8.9%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Keenes	Mount Erie
Drove alone	58.1%	92.7%
Carpooled	6.5%	7.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	29.0%	0.0%
Other means	6.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Keenes	Mount Erie
1-unit, detached	26.5%	58.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	73.5%	41.7%

Poverty & households

	Keenes	Mount Erie
Poverty rate	19.0%	37.5%
Average household size	1.91	2.83
Mean commute (minutes)	21	28
Median year structure built	1984	1973