Pierron vs Sorento

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

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

Sorento has the higher population (503 vs 378 in Pierron). Pierron has the higher median household income ($62,750 vs $48,333 in Sorento). Pierron has the higher median home value ($103,400 vs $52,900 in Sorento).

Population, income & housing

	Pierron	Sorento
Population	378	503
Median age	50.5 yrs	41.5 yrs
Median household income	$62,750	$48,333
Median home value	$103,400	$52,900
Median gross rent	$992	$617
Housing units	190	242
Homeownership rate	78.9%	88.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.0%	9.6%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pierron	Sorento
Population	412 → 378 (-8.3%)	443 → 503 (+13.5%)
Median household income	$64,286 → $62,750 (-2.4%)	$32,273 → $48,333 (+49.8%)
Median home value	$78,100 → $103,400 (+32.4%)	$42,800 → $52,900 (+23.6%)
Median gross rent	$690 → $992 (+43.8%)	$614 → $617 (+0.5%)

Pierron

Population

412378

Median household income

$64,286$62,750

Median home value

$78,100$103,400

Median gross rent

$690$992

Sorento

Population

443503

Median household income

$32,273$48,333

Median home value

$42,800$52,900

Median gross rent

$614$617

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pierron	Sorento
Under 5	2.9%	1.6%
5 to 17	18.5%	18.3%
18 to 24	6.6%	14.1%
25 to 34	7.1%	9.3%
35 to 44	11.1%	13.5%
45 to 54	5.0%	9.9%
55 to 64	16.1%	15.1%
65 to 74	28.6%	9.5%
75 and over	4.0%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pierron	Sorento
White (non-Hispanic)	94.4%	91.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.4%
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%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	3.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pierron	Sorento
No high school diploma	5.9%	9.9%
High school graduate	37.1%	53.9%
Some college or associate's	46.0%	26.5%
Bachelor's degree	6.3%	8.4%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	1.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pierron	Sorento
Drove alone	88.5%	87.6%
Carpooled	5.7%	11.8%
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%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pierron	Sorento
1-unit, detached	75.8%	83.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	2.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	21.6%	14.5%

Poverty & households

	Pierron	Sorento
Poverty rate	25.3%	19.1%
Average household size	2.21	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	24	34
Median year structure built	1970	1943