Pierron vs Pocahontas

A side-by-side comparison of Pierron and Pocahontas: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Pocahontas has the higher population (794 vs 378 in Pierron). Pierron has the higher median household income ($62,750 vs $48,250 in Pocahontas). Pierron has the higher median home value ($103,400 vs $91,200 in Pocahontas).

Population, income & housing

	Pierron	Pocahontas
Population	378	794
Median age	50.5 yrs	43.0 yrs
Median household income	$62,750	$48,250
Median home value	$103,400	$91,200
Median gross rent	$992	$750
Housing units	190	319
Homeownership rate	78.9%	67.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.0%	11.2%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pierron	Pocahontas
Population	412 → 378 (-8.3%)	729 → 794 (+8.9%)
Median household income	$64,286 → $62,750 (-2.4%)	$48,250 → $48,250 (+0.0%)
Median home value	$78,100 → $103,400 (+32.4%)	$84,800 → $91,200 (+7.5%)
Median gross rent	$690 → $992 (+43.8%)	$744 → $750 (+0.8%)

Pierron

Population

412378

Median household income

$64,286$62,750

Median home value

$78,100$103,400

Median gross rent

$690$992

Pocahontas

Population

729794

Median household income

$48,250$48,250

Median home value

$84,800$91,200

Median gross rent

$744$750

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pierron	Pocahontas
Under 5	2.9%	4.9%
5 to 17	18.5%	16.9%
18 to 24	6.6%	8.7%
25 to 34	7.1%	9.2%
35 to 44	11.1%	11.5%
45 to 54	5.0%	11.3%
55 to 64	16.1%	20.9%
65 to 74	28.6%	12.1%
75 and over	4.0%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pierron	Pocahontas
White (non-Hispanic)	94.4%	93.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	2.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.6%	0.5%
Two or more races	1.3%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pierron	Pocahontas
No high school diploma	5.9%	16.7%
High school graduate	37.1%	46.2%
Some college or associate's	46.0%	25.9%
Bachelor's degree	6.3%	8.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	3.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pierron	Pocahontas
Drove alone	88.5%	74.5%
Carpooled	5.7%	5.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.3%	17.8%
Other means	0.8%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pierron	Pocahontas
1-unit, detached	75.8%	72.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.1%	4.1%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	5.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	21.6%	17.9%

Poverty & households

	Pierron	Pocahontas
Poverty rate	25.3%	12.1%
Average household size	2.21	2.63
Mean commute (minutes)	24	28
Median year structure built	1970	1962