City · Wabash County, Illinois

Mount Carmel, Illinois

Mount Carmel is a city in Wabash County, Illinois. It has 6,854 residents. Mount Carmel, Illinois has a quality-of-life score of 27 out of 100 (low), ranking #11,450 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Illinois it ranks #587 of 697 cities and towns. It ranks best on social associations (high), property crime rate (low) and pharmacies (high). It ranks worst on new business applications (low), public EV charging ports (low) and gyms and fitness centers (low).

27Low

Quality-of-life score: #11,450 of 15,651 cities and towns
Illinois: #587 of 697 in IL
Population: 6,854 (2020-2024)
Land area: 5 mi²
Density: 1,425.2 /mi²
FIPS code: 1750868

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 73 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety88#1,811/15,637
Economy9#14,250/15,631
Housing89#1,612/14,977
Health39#9,524/15,609
Healthcare31#10,871/15,650
Environment14#13,333/15,453
Education20#12,493/15,649
Infrastructure8#14,415/15,650
Community54#7,137/15,651
Leisure & amenities9#14,221/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Mount Carmel, Illinois ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Wabash County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Social associations · high21.9 /10k
99/100Illinois 9.8 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteWabash County value
Property crime rate · low352 /100k
95/100Illinois 1,508 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2023Federal Bureau of InvestigationWabash County value
Pharmacies · high2.8 /10k
94/100Illinois 2.0 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsWabash County value
Homicide rate · low0.0 /100k
94/100Illinois 6.2 /100kUnited States 4.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataWabash County value
Home price to income ratio · low1.9×
94/100Illinois 3.2×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Time spent in the emergency room · low112 min
91/100Illinois 170 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesWabash County value

Weaknesses

New business applications · low6.4 /1k
1/100Illinois 14.9 /1kUnited States 16.6 /1k2025U.S. Census BureauWabash County value
Public EV charging ports · low0.0 /10k
3/100Illinois 4.8 /10kUnited States 7.6 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of EnergyWabash County value
Gyms and fitness centers · low0.0 /10k
4/100Illinois 1.1 /10kUnited States 1.3 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsWabash County value
Comfortable days · low22.5%
5/100Illinois 24.0%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationWabash County value
Preventable hospital stays · high4,356 /100k
6/100Illinois 3,343 /100kUnited States 2,769 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteWabash County value
Child poverty rate · high34.5%
6/100Illinois 14.1%United States 15.5%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B17001

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

New homes permittedImproving
0.6 /1k (2021) → 1.5 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
+153%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Child poverty rateWorsening
10.7% (2015-2019) → 34.5% (2020-2024)
+24 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
77.0% (2015-2019) → 85.2% (2020-2024)
+8.2 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Poverty rateWorsening
13.7% (2015-2019) → 20.3% (2020-2024)
+6.6 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%
Average commute timeWorsening
17.9 min (2015-2019) → 22.3 min (2020-2024)
+25%5 yearsCensus table B08013US 26.9 min → 26.4 min
Uninsured residents (under 65)Improving
10.2% (2015-2019) → 5.5% (2020-2024)
−4.7 pts5 yearsCensus table B27010US 10.8% → 9.8%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Mount Carmel, Illinois improved on 3 of 14 measures with a comparison and declined on 2. 9 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved3

Property tax−0.5 points1.86% → 1.36%
Uninsured−4.7 points10.2% → 5.5%
Broadband+8.2 points77.0% → 85.2%

Declined2

Child poverty+24 points10.7% → 34.5%
Poverty+6.6 points13.7% → 20.3%

All 14 measures

Change of every measure of Mount Carmel, Illinois between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	17.9 min2015-2019	22.3 min2020-2024	+4.4 min	Within the margin of error	12%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.7%2015-2019	17.0%2020-2024	−1.6 points	Within the margin of error	18%
Broadband subscriptions	77.0%2015-2019	85.2%2020-2024	+8.2 points	Improved	50%
Child poverty rate	10.7%2015-2019	34.5%2020-2024	+24 points	Declined	3%
Effective property tax rate	1.86%2015-2019	1.36%2020-2024	−0.5 points	Improved	91%
High school diploma or higher	90.1%2015-2019	92.7%2020-2024	+2.7 points	Within the margin of error	65%
Home price to income ratio	1.8×2015-2019	1.9×2020-2024	+0.1×	Within the margin of error	74%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4332015-2019	0.4702020-2024	+0.036	Within the margin of error	23%
Median household income	$43,6562015-2019	$47,0092020-2024	+7.7%	Within the margin of error	14%
Poverty rate	13.7%2015-2019	20.3%2020-2024	+6.6 points	Declined	9%
Rent as share of income	27.5%2015-2019	24.0%2020-2024	−3.5 points	Within the margin of error	76%
Rent-burdened households	44.1%2015-2019	40.3%2020-2024	−3.8 points	Within the margin of error	69%
Unemployment rate	4.3%2015-2019	4.5%2020-2024	+0.2 points	Within the margin of error	45%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	10.2%2015-2019	5.5%2020-2024	−4.7 points	Improved	85%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Mount Carmel, Illinois five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Mount Carmel, Illinois in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Mount Carmel, Illinois itself moved −2.9 points in standing on average over the same 10 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

6,854 residents (±25)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79
60–69

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

2,979 households (±165)

Mount Carmel, Illinois
Illinois share

Under $25k30%881
$25k–50k23%696
$50k–75k16%475

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

2,979 households (±165)

Mount Carmel, Illinois
Illinois share

Own67%1,986
Rent33%993

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (−6.4 points).

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Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

2,804 workers (±234)

Mount Carmel, Illinois
Illinois share

Drive alone79%2,215
Carpool13%†351
Public transit0.0%†

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Wabash County, the county holding most of Mount Carmel's residents.

Wabash County has 249 employer establishments, 225 for every 10,000 residents (0.91× the US rate of 248; 0.88× Illinois's), with 2,660 paid employees at an average annual pay of $57,303. The Census Bureau also counts 781 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 249; 781 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 225; US 248 · Illinois 255
Paid employees: 2,660
Average annual pay: $57,303; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Wabash County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Religious organizations	20	18.1	3.26×More than typical	95	$23,168	—
Ambulatory health care services	14	12.7	0.61×Fewer than typical	59	$69,085	24
Restaurants and other eating places	13	11.7	0.64×Fewer than typical	250	$15,840	—
Limited-service restaurants	9	8.1	1.01×Too few to compare	145	$16,876	—
Lessors of real estate	8	7.2	0.59×Too few to compare	26	$40,692	35
Specialty trade contractors	8	7.2	0.47×Too few to compare	195	$129,410	56
Insurance agencies and brokerages	7	6.3	1.44×Too few to compare	21	$45,762	21
Building equipment contractors	6	5.4	0.90×Too few to compare	22	$58,773	16
Legal services	6	5.4	1.01×Too few to compare	10	$37,200	5
Management, scientific and technical consulting	6	5.4	0.81×Too few to compare	11	$33,909	22
Truck transportation	6	5.4	1.07×Too few to compare	22	$58,364	13
Automotive repair and maintenance	5	4.5	0.90×Too few to compare	17	$29,000	10

Rank places for an industry Open Wabash County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 11,065 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

No federal contract obligations recorded here in FY2026.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Mount Carmel is mostly in Wabash County.

See federal money in Wabash County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Mount Carmel, Illinois is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Mike BostR-IL-12 · 100% of residentsWith party 98%Missed 1.6%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Wabash County51100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Wabash County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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