Mount Erie vs Sims

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

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

Sims has the higher population (164 vs 133 in Mount Erie). Sims has the higher median household income ($47,708 vs $28,750 in Mount Erie). Mount Erie has the higher median home value ($90,700 vs $46,300 in Sims).

Population, income & housing

	Mount Erie	Sims
Population	133	164
Median age	27.9 yrs	57.1 yrs
Median household income	$28,750	$47,708
Median home value	$90,700	$46,300
Housing units	48	111
Homeownership rate	83.0%	89.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.9%	10.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mount Erie	Sims
Population	91 → 133 (+46.2%)	148 → 164 (+10.8%)
Median household income	$29,722 → $28,750 (-3.3%)	$44,531 → $47,708 (+7.1%)
Median home value	$62,900 → $90,700 (+44.2%)	$50,000 → $46,300 (-7.4%)

Mount Erie

Population

91133

Median household income

$29,722$28,750

Median home value

$62,900$90,700

Sims

Population

148164

Median household income

$44,531$47,708

Median home value

$50,000$46,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mount Erie	Sims
Under 5	23.3%	3.7%
5 to 17	15.8%	6.1%
18 to 24	1.5%	0.6%
25 to 34	21.1%	15.2%
35 to 44	12.8%	8.5%
45 to 54	5.3%	12.8%
55 to 64	8.3%	23.8%
65 to 74	9.0%	15.2%
75 and over	3.0%	14.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mount Erie	Sims
White (non-Hispanic)	99.2%	87.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	10.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.8%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mount Erie	Sims
No high school diploma	0.0%	21.1%
High school graduate	30.4%	36.1%
Some college or associate's	60.8%	32.7%
Bachelor's degree	8.9%	6.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	4.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mount Erie	Sims
Drove alone	92.7%	81.7%
Carpooled	7.3%	2.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	14.1%
Other means	0.0%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mount Erie	Sims
1-unit, detached	58.3%	49.5%
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	41.7%	50.5%

Poverty & households

	Mount Erie	Sims
Poverty rate	37.5%	28.0%
Average household size	2.83	1.89
Mean commute (minutes)	28	27
Median year structure built	1973	1973