Lima vs Loraine

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

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

Loraine has the higher population (407 vs 231 in Lima). Lima has the higher median household income ($71,250 vs $56,855 in Loraine). Lima has the higher median home value ($89,200 vs $88,100 in Loraine).

Population, income & housing

	Lima	Loraine
Population	231	407
Median age	35.1 yrs	48.6 yrs
Median household income	$71,250	$56,855
Median home value	$89,200	$88,100
Median gross rent	—	$629
Housing units	83	189
Homeownership rate	77.3%	84.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.0%	6.9%
Unemployment rate	11.9%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lima	Loraine
Population	109 → 231 (+111.9%)	362 → 407 (+12.4%)
Median household income	$54,500 → $71,250 (+30.7%)	$51,818 → $56,855 (+9.7%)
Median home value	$95,000 → $89,200 (-6.1%)	$86,800 → $88,100 (+1.5%)
Median gross rent	—	$618 → $629 (+1.8%)

Lima

Population

109231

Median household income

$54,500$71,250

Median home value

$95,000$89,200

Loraine

Population

362407

Median household income

$51,818$56,855

Median home value

$86,800$88,100

Median gross rent

$618$629

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lima	Loraine
Under 5	13.0%	3.9%
5 to 17	26.8%	15.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	5.9%
25 to 34	10.0%	11.3%
35 to 44	24.2%	9.8%
45 to 54	9.1%	11.1%
55 to 64	6.5%	15.0%
65 to 74	5.2%	23.3%
75 and over	5.2%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lima	Loraine
White (non-Hispanic)	97.8%	95.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lima	Loraine
No high school diploma	15.8%	11.1%
High school graduate	47.5%	51.3%
Some college or associate's	31.7%	30.7%
Bachelor's degree	3.6%	5.2%
Graduate or professional degree	1.4%	1.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lima	Loraine
Drove alone	78.1%	81.3%
Carpooled	3.1%	6.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.6%	9.0%
Other means	4.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lima	Loraine
1-unit, detached	88.0%	71.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.7%
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	12.0%	24.9%

Poverty & households

	Lima	Loraine
Poverty rate	6.1%	9.1%
Average household size	3.08	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	28	26
Median year structure built	1953	1953