Thebes vs Unity

A side-by-side comparison of Thebes and Unity: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Thebes has the higher population (363 vs 153 in Unity). Since 2019, Unity's population has grown faster (+146.8% vs -23.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Thebes	Unity
Population	363	153
Median age	29.3 yrs	43.6 yrs
Median household income	$41,250	—
Median home value	$45,000	—
Median gross rent	$475	—
Housing units	126	49
Homeownership rate	80.4%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.6%	73.1%
Unemployment rate	8.5%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Thebes	Unity
Population	475 → 363 (-23.6%)	62 → 153 (+146.8%)
Median household income	$35,357 → $41,250 (+16.7%)	$59,464 → $58,958 (-0.9%)
Median home value	$63,000 → $45,000 (-28.6%)	—
Median gross rent	$242 → $475 (+96.3%)	—

Thebes

Population

475363

Median household income

$35,357$41,250

Median home value

$63,000$45,000

Median gross rent

$242$475

Unity

Population

62153

Median household income

$59,464$58,958

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Thebes	Unity
Under 5	13.2%	0.0%
5 to 17	18.2%	8.5%
18 to 24	10.5%	23.5%
25 to 34	13.2%	6.5%
35 to 44	5.5%	19.6%
45 to 54	5.8%	0.0%
55 to 64	20.1%	7.8%
65 to 74	6.3%	20.9%
75 and over	7.2%	13.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Thebes	Unity
White (non-Hispanic)	96.4%	0.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	76.5%
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	3.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	23.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Thebes	Unity
No high school diploma	18.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	44.1%	3.8%
Some college or associate's	30.3%	23.1%
Bachelor's degree	6.2%	28.8%
Graduate or professional degree	1.4%	44.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Thebes	Unity
Drove alone	68.2%	94.3%
Carpooled	14.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.1%	5.7%
Other means	4.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Thebes	Unity
1-unit, detached	80.2%	87.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	17.5%	12.2%

Poverty & households

	Thebes	Unity
Poverty rate	14.3%	5.9%
Average household size	3.95	3.48
Mean commute (minutes)	28	30
Median year structure built	1972	1981