Mount Erie vs Wayne City

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

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

Wayne City has the higher population (1,050 vs 133 in Mount Erie). Wayne City has the higher median household income ($58,208 vs $28,750 in Mount Erie). Wayne City has the higher median home value ($108,600 vs $90,700 in Mount Erie).

Population, income & housing

	Mount Erie	Wayne City
Population	133	1,050
Median age	27.9 yrs	45.4 yrs
Median household income	$28,750	$58,208
Median home value	$90,700	$108,600
Median gross rent	—	$746
Housing units	48	486
Homeownership rate	83.0%	83.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.9%	19.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mount Erie	Wayne City
Population	91 → 133 (+46.2%)	965 → 1,050 (+8.8%)
Median household income	$29,722 → $28,750 (-3.3%)	$51,389 → $58,208 (+13.3%)
Median home value	$62,900 → $90,700 (+44.2%)	$97,300 → $108,600 (+11.6%)
Median gross rent	—	$673 → $746 (+10.8%)

Mount Erie

Population

91133

Median household income

$29,722$28,750

Median home value

$62,900$90,700

Wayne City

Population

9651,050

Median household income

$51,389$58,208

Median home value

$97,300$108,600

Median gross rent

$673$746

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mount Erie	Wayne City
Under 5	23.3%	5.6%
5 to 17	15.8%	17.9%
18 to 24	1.5%	7.5%
25 to 34	21.1%	9.2%
35 to 44	12.8%	9.0%
45 to 54	5.3%	19.0%
55 to 64	8.3%	10.9%
65 to 74	9.0%	10.3%
75 and over	3.0%	10.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mount Erie	Wayne City
White (non-Hispanic)	99.2%	99.0%
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	0.8%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mount Erie	Wayne City
No high school diploma	0.0%	6.4%
High school graduate	30.4%	36.0%
Some college or associate's	60.8%	38.3%
Bachelor's degree	8.9%	12.2%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	7.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mount Erie	Wayne City
Drove alone	92.7%	88.3%
Carpooled	7.3%	7.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	4.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mount Erie	Wayne City
1-unit, detached	58.3%	69.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.3%
Mobile home & other	41.7%	24.9%

Poverty & households

	Mount Erie	Wayne City
Poverty rate	37.5%	11.3%
Average household size	2.83	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	28	26
Median year structure built	1973	1975