Blue MoundIL
A town of 1,078, settled in 1861. 36% more nonprofits per person than the typical Illinois town.
Is Blue Mound a good place to live?
Blue Mound’s best subject grades are an A− for health and an A for civic life. Of the 358 Illinois towns we compare, none has a lower property crime rate than Blue Mound. Blue Mound's schools outperform 69% of the state's. Blue Mound has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Blue Mound stand out
Where Blue Mound beats most towns.
Community nonprofits per 1,000 residents
| Widest gap | Blue Mound | IL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 10% | 15.9% |
1,078 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
How Blue Mound grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Illinois), ordered by how far Blue Mound is from typical.
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Moving to Blue Mound: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Blue Mound, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Sep 12, 2025.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Blue Mound.
A typical Blue Mound home is worth about $153K
The typical Blue Mound home is worth about $153,000, up 5.8% in a year, 48% below the Illinois typical home. Blue Mound’s median rent is $950 a month, below both the Illinois town median ($1,129 a month) and the median of U.S. towns ($1,185 a month). 81% of Blue Mound households own their home.
| Blue Mound | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 81% | 75% | 73% |
| Median rent | $950 a month | $1,129 a month | $1,185 a month |
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Residents of Blue Mound are healthier than 76% of U.S. towns
Blue Mound beats the Illinois average on 8 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 0. 20% of Blue Mound adults binge drink, where Illinois’ towns sit at 18% and U.S. towns at 16%. 9.1% of adults have diabetes in Blue Mound.
| Blue Mound | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 18% | 16% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 9.1% | 11% | 12% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 23% | 25% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 35% | 35% |
| What stands out | Blue Mound | IL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 10% | 15.9% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 6.4% | 9.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Blue Mound has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Most working residents leave Blue Mound for work: only 2% work in town. Jobs based in Blue Mound fell to 60 in 2023, 44 fewer than in 2013. The top destinations are Decatur (43%), Springfield (5%) and Macon (3%).
| Blue Mound | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 1.8% | 8.3% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 28 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $70,000 | $83,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Blue Mound has four seasons and pleasant summers
Blue Mound has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 86°, January nights drop to 19° and about 14 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Crime reported in Blue Mound
Blue Mound's reported crime rate is well below Illinois's. The violent crime rate in Blue Mound is 0 per 1,000 residents.
Violent crime per 1,000 residents
Property crime per 1,000 residents
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Moderate risk in Blue Mound, with inland flooding at the top
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 57% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Wise Park | — | 2 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Blue Mound
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Blue Mound
About 2 of every 100 Blue Mound residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Illinois.
98% of working residents leave Blue Mound for work
Where Blue Mound’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Blue Mound
Village in Illinois, United States
Blue Mound is a village in Macon County, Illinois, United States. The population was 1,133 at the 2020 census. It is included in the Decatur, Illinois Metropolitan Statistical Area.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Area
- 0.6 sq mi
- Elevation
- 616 ft
- ZIP code
- 62513
Questions about Blue Mound
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Blue Mound, IL a good place to live?
36% more nonprofits per person than the typical Illinois town.
Is Blue Mound, IL expensive?
That is 2.4 years of the area's median household income ($62,666 across the Decatur, IL metro area). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B.
What is Blue Mound, IL known for?
2 notable people were born here, including Heather Mizeur and Howard Austin.