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Mount Carmel is a big small town of 6,854 people in Wabash County, Illinois. It's about 32 miles from Evansville, IN and 116 miles from Louisville, KY, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 87°F and winter highs 40°F, with about 9 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $89k and rent runs about $804 a month.
6,854people
$89kTypical home
$804/moRent
87° / 40°Summer / winter
9"Snow
230Sunny days
114Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Big small town of 6,854
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 1,425 people per sq mi
- 116 mi to Louisville, KY
- 32 mi to Evansville, IN
- 23 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $89k (≈$563/mo)
- Median rent $804/mo
- Median household income $47k
- Property tax about 1.4% of value
- 5.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 87°F
- Winter highs around 40°F
- Muggy summers (dew point 67°F)
- 230 sunny days a year (93 totally clear)
- 135 cloudy days a year
- 45 of 90 winter days are gray
- 114 days a year with rain or snow
- 9" of snow a year
- 4 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 11 nights a year below 10°F
- Breezy
Safety
- Very low violent crime (60 per 100k)
- Very low property crime (134 per 100k)
People
- Median age 43
- 27% of households have kids
- 23% are 65 or older
- 17% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 6% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 24 min
- 4% walk or take transit to work
- 29 mi to EVV airport
- 112 mi to SDF (major hub)
- 64 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 75% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1956
- 85% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Flat, open land
- Elevation 436 ft
- 531 mi to the ocean
- 95 mi to a big lake
- 6 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 69 mi to the nearest ski area
- 6 mi to the nearest campground
- 7 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 65 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 9 bars within 25 mi
- 4 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 10 museums within 25 mi
- No breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 31 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 40% of Illinois districts (reading)
- 10 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 5 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 40 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 15 mi to the nearest vet
- 21 mi to the nearest dog park
- 18 congregations per 10k people
- 23 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Wabash County: R+54 in 2024
- Illinois: D+11 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- High tornado risk
- Very low wildfire risk
- Moderate earthquake risk
- High flood risk
- Very low drought risk
- Moderate winter storm risk
- Moderate heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk