A town of 6,854, settled in 1815. A typical home worth about $118K.
The 3 things Mount Carmel does most differently from other towns.
What neighbors are saying. Town Square →
We just moved to Mount Carmel and are trying to decide on a school for our kids. I was impressed to see that Mount Carmel High School has…
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Ordered by what stands out in Mount Carmel. Another town gets a different order.
The typical Mount Carmel home is worth about $118,000, about the same as a year ago, 60% below the Illinois typical home.
About one in 3 of Mount Carmel’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Patoka (13%), Evansville (7%) and Albion (5%). Half commute less than 11 miles.
The public schools Mount Carmel’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 87% of Illinois’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.
| School | Grades | Students | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mt Carmel Grade School | 3–6 | 370 | C |
| Mt Carmel Elementary School | PK–2 | 361 | Not graded |
| St. Mary Catholic School Private | PK–8 | 100 | |
| Mt Carmel Junior High School | 7–8 | 199 | B− |
| Mount Carmel High School | 9–12 | 452 | C+ |
Mount Carmel reports less crime per resident than 80% of the U.S. towns and cities we grade.
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 76% of U.S. communities.
Mount Carmel beats the Illinois average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 13.
| What stands out | Mount Carmel | IL |
|---|---|---|
| More adults with COPD | 9.9% | 6.3% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 15.9% | 10.3% |
| More adults with heart disease | 8.3% | 5.9% |
Mount Carmel has chilly winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. A typical July afternoon reaches 88°, a January night drops to 24°, and about 9 inches of snow falls in a normal winter.
11 postcards, papers and photographs from public archives, and 1 places on the National Register.
24 notable people were born in Mount Carmel.
City in Illinois, United States
Mount Carmel is a city in and the county seat of Wabash County, Illinois, United States. At the time of the 2020 census, the population was 7,015, and it is the largest city in the county. The next largest town in Wabash County is Allendale, with the population of 458. Located at the confluence of the Wabash, Patoka, and White rivers, Mount Carmel borders both Gibson and Knox counties of Indiana. A small community known informally as East Mount Carmel sits near the mouth of the Patoka River on the opposite (Gibson County) side of the Wabash River from Mount Carmel. Mount Carmel is 5 miles (8.0 km) northeast of the Forest of the Wabash, a National Natural Landmark within Beall Woods State Pa…
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One town shares a border with Mount Carmel.