
Illinois · Census place 50777
Mounds, IL population, income and ZIP codes
Quick answer
The population of the city of Mounds, Illinois (Mounds, IL — Census place “Mounds city”) is 855 residents, ranking #741 of 1462 places in Illinois. Median household income is $27,333, the median home is worth — and median gross rent runs $559 a month. Looking for the Mounds Illinois ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Mounds, IL: 62964.
- Population
- 855Mounds city residents
- Median household income
- $27,333Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- —Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $559Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 36.5 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 49.7%Owner-occupied households
Mounds ZIP codes (Illinois)
Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Mounds.
The Mounds IL ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.
What the numbers mean in Mounds city
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
A household earning the Mounds city median would spend about 24.5% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. Poverty affects 46.6% of residents and 49.7% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
Mounds city, IL in context
How this area compares with national benchmarks.
Mounds city is a very small community in Illinois, with 855 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #741 of 1,462 ranked by population — larger than 49% of them. The median age here is 36.5 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.
Households in Mounds city earn a median of $27,333 a year, 65.2% below the national figure of $78,538 and 63% below the $74,244 median for the 698 Illinois cities we cover. Household income here is measured before tax and pooled across everyone at the address, which is why it reads higher than typical individual earnings in the same area. Poverty reaches 46.6% of residents here, well above the 12.4% national rate, which is the single clearest signal in this dataset that median income here is carried by a narrow band of households.
The typical owner-occupied home in Mounds city is valued at not published, while median gross rent runs $559 a month, 60.2% below the national figure, or roughly $6,708 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 24.5% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. 49.7% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.
With 855 residents, a handful of survey responses moves every median on this page. Compare Mounds city against its county rather than against national figures.
The Census withheld home value for Mounds city because the sample was too thin to publish at this geography. Those values were suppressed at the source, not lost in our dataset, and we do not model a replacement. Everything else on this page comes straight from the ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year tables.
Compare with nearby places
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Frequently asked questions
Common questions about this area.
- What is the population of Mounds city?
- Mounds city has 855 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #741 of 1,462 in Illinois.
- What is the median household income in Mounds city?
- Median household income in Mounds city is $27,333 a year, 65.2% below the national figure of $78,538.
- How much does it cost to rent or buy in Mounds city?
- Median gross rent is $559 a month and the median home value is not published, so rent absorbs about 24.5% of median household income.
- Is Mounds city affordable compared with the rest of the US?
- The Census does not publish enough home-value or income detail for Mounds city to compute a reliable affordability ratio.
- How current is this Mounds city data?
- All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.