Camp Point vs Payson

A side-by-side comparison of Camp Point and Payson: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Camp Point has the higher population (1,197 vs 1,030 in Payson). Payson has the higher median household income ($62,262 vs $58,438 in Camp Point). Payson has the higher median home value ($118,000 vs $111,700 in Camp Point).

Population, income & housing

	Camp Point	Payson
Population	1,197	1,030
Median age	36.4 yrs	34.9 yrs
Median household income	$58,438	$62,262
Median home value	$111,700	$118,000
Median gross rent	$696	$967
Housing units	493	409
Homeownership rate	68.4%	84.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.3%	19.1%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Camp Point	Payson
Population	1,054 → 1,197 (+13.6%)	1,107 → 1,030 (-7.0%)
Median household income	$51,513 → $58,438 (+13.4%)	$59,926 → $62,262 (+3.9%)
Median home value	$107,400 → $111,700 (+4.0%)	$95,100 → $118,000 (+24.1%)
Median gross rent	$565 → $696 (+23.2%)	$595 → $967 (+62.5%)

Camp Point

Population

1,0541,197

Median household income

$51,513$58,438

Median home value

$107,400$111,700

Median gross rent

$565$696

Payson

Population

1,1071,030

Median household income

$59,926$62,262

Median home value

$95,100$118,000

Median gross rent

$595$967

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Camp Point	Payson
Under 5	8.2%	8.1%
5 to 17	22.2%	21.7%
18 to 24	5.8%	6.7%
25 to 34	11.2%	13.6%
35 to 44	12.1%	10.7%
45 to 54	8.4%	11.1%
55 to 64	10.0%	14.5%
65 to 74	5.9%	8.6%
75 and over	16.1%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Camp Point	Payson
White (non-Hispanic)	93.1%	93.8%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.4%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	5.6%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Camp Point	Payson
No high school diploma	3.5%	4.1%
High school graduate	42.7%	42.0%
Some college or associate's	31.5%	34.7%
Bachelor's degree	16.2%	14.4%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Camp Point	Payson
Drove alone	85.3%	89.6%
Carpooled	9.6%	3.9%
Public transit	0.9%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.4%	5.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Camp Point	Payson
1-unit, detached	78.1%	85.1%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	13.6%	1.5%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	0.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.5%	10.5%

Poverty & households

	Camp Point	Payson
Poverty rate	12.7%	10.2%
Average household size	2.51	2.77
Mean commute (minutes)	22	24
Median year structure built	1960	1973