Pierron vs Smithboro

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

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

Pierron has the higher population (378 vs 171 in Smithboro). Pierron has the higher median household income ($62,750 vs $27,500 in Smithboro). Pierron has the higher median home value ($103,400 vs $70,000 in Smithboro).

Population, income & housing

	Pierron	Smithboro
Population	378	171
Median age	50.5 yrs	30.0 yrs
Median household income	$62,750	$27,500
Median home value	$103,400	$70,000
Median gross rent	$992	—
Housing units	190	88
Homeownership rate	78.9%	94.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.0%	4.8%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	11.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pierron	Smithboro
Population	412 → 378 (-8.3%)	216 → 171 (-20.8%)
Median household income	$64,286 → $62,750 (-2.4%)	$50,625 → $27,500 (-45.7%)
Median home value	$78,100 → $103,400 (+32.4%)	$65,000 → $70,000 (+7.7%)
Median gross rent	$690 → $992 (+43.8%)	—

Pierron

Population

412378

Median household income

$64,286$62,750

Median home value

$78,100$103,400

Median gross rent

$690$992

Smithboro

Population

216171

Median household income

$50,625$27,500

Median home value

$65,000$70,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pierron	Smithboro
Under 5	2.9%	5.3%
5 to 17	18.5%	18.7%
18 to 24	6.6%	14.6%
25 to 34	7.1%	18.7%
35 to 44	11.1%	11.1%
45 to 54	5.0%	2.3%
55 to 64	16.1%	17.0%
65 to 74	28.6%	6.4%
75 and over	4.0%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pierron	Smithboro
White (non-Hispanic)	94.4%	95.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.3%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pierron	Smithboro
No high school diploma	5.9%	19.0%
High school graduate	37.1%	41.0%
Some college or associate's	46.0%	35.2%
Bachelor's degree	6.3%	2.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	1.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pierron	Smithboro
Drove alone	88.5%	82.5%
Carpooled	5.7%	17.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.3%	0.0%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pierron	Smithboro
1-unit, detached	75.8%	78.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	21.6%	21.6%

Poverty & households

	Pierron	Smithboro
Poverty rate	25.3%	42.5%
Average household size	2.21	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	24	19
Median year structure built	1970	1964