Adams vs Lima

A side-by-side comparison of Adams and Lima: population, income, housing, and more.

Adams and Lima are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Lima has the higher population (231 vs 121 in Adams). Adams has the higher median household income ($142,938 vs $71,250 in Lima). Adams has the higher median home value ($317,500 vs $89,200 in Lima).

Population, income & housing

	Adams	Lima
Population	121	231
Median age	53.8 yrs	35.1 yrs
Median household income	$142,938	$71,250
Median home value	$317,500	$89,200
Housing units	66	83
Homeownership rate	100.0%	77.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	66.4%	5.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	11.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Adams	Lima
Population	44 → 121 (+175.0%)	109 → 231 (+111.9%)
Median household income	—	$54,500 → $71,250 (+30.7%)
Median home value	—	$95,000 → $89,200 (-6.1%)

Adams

Population

44121

Lima

Population

109231

Median household income

$54,500$71,250

Median home value

$95,000$89,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Adams	Lima
Under 5	0.0%	13.0%
5 to 17	9.1%	26.8%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	10.0%
35 to 44	0.0%	24.2%
45 to 54	45.5%	9.1%
55 to 64	33.1%	6.5%
65 to 74	12.4%	5.2%
75 and over	0.0%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Adams	Lima
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	97.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Adams	Lima
No high school diploma	0.0%	15.8%
High school graduate	33.6%	47.5%
Some college or associate's	0.0%	31.7%
Bachelor's degree	66.4%	3.6%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	1.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Adams	Lima
Drove alone	100.0%	78.1%
Carpooled	0.0%	3.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	14.6%
Other means	0.0%	4.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Adams	Lima
1-unit, detached	100.0%	88.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	12.0%

Poverty & households

	Adams	Lima
Poverty rate	0.0%	6.1%
Average household size	1.83	3.08
Mean commute (minutes)	24	28
Median year structure built	1982	1953