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Mount Carmel, IL

6,854 Population
4.8 square miles 1,425.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.8 ±3.3 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Wabash County: 43.2 ±0.5
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Illinois: 39 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$30,242 ±$2,866 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Wabash County: $37,580 † ±$5,755
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Illinois: $46,406 ±$212
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$47,009 ±$6,593 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Wabash County: $57,086 ±$4,087
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Illinois: $83,390 ±$362
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

20.3% ±3.9% (1,356  ±261) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Wabash County: 16.7% † 1,812 (±2.9% / ±313)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Illinois: 11.8% 1,464,937 (±0.2% / ±18,161)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

22.3 minutes ±2.7 (60,835  ±9,062) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Wabash County: 23.7 106,635 (±2.3 / ±12,018)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Illinois: 27.8 143,793,920 (±0.1 / ±595,293)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

2,979 ±165 Number of households
  • Wabash County: 4,740 ±177
  • Illinois: 5,036,449 ±8,009
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.1 (6,651  ±27) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Wabash County: 2.3 10,916 (±0.1 / ±8)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,405,980
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4.3% ±4% (62  ±57) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in Wabash County: 8.8% † 205 (±4.6% / ±107)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Illinois: 4.9% 147,208 (±0.1% / ±3,564)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

3,338 ±131 Number of housing units
  • Wabash County: 5,410 ±22
  • Illinois: 5,457,452 ±471
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$89,300 ±$8,832 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Wabash County: $104,900 † ±$10,675
  • about one-third of the amount in Illinois: $263,300 ±$797
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

14.4% ±3.8% (984  ±261.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Wabash County: 11.3% † 1,240 (±2.5% / ±277.1)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Illinois: 11.1% 1,396,426 (±0.1% / ±14,640.6)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

92.8% ±7.7% (4,426  ±389.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Wabash County: 92.8% 7,215 (±6.2% / ±485.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in Illinois: 90.5% 7,931,250 (±0.3% / ±22,974.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
17% ±3.8% (812  ±182.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Wabash County: 18.6% † 1,445 (±3.1% / ±239.8)
  • about half the rate in Illinois: 37.9% 3,318,149 (±0.2% / ±14,295.2)
  • about half the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

3.3% ±1.3% (225  ±91) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Wabash County: 2.2% 247
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Illinois: 14.8% 1,872,449
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.9% ±1.9% (373  ±102) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Wabash County: 7.9% † 698 (±1.4% / ±126)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Illinois: 4.8% 478,196 (±0.1% / ±4,766)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
373 Total veterans ±102 336 Male ±85 37 Female ±42

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