Pocahontas vs Smithboro

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

Pocahontas and Smithboro 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 171 in Smithboro). Pocahontas has the higher median household income ($48,250 vs $27,500 in Smithboro). Pocahontas has the higher median home value ($91,200 vs $70,000 in Smithboro).

Population, income & housing

	Pocahontas	Smithboro
Population	794	171
Median age	43.0 yrs	30.0 yrs
Median household income	$48,250	$27,500
Median home value	$91,200	$70,000
Median gross rent	$750	—
Housing units	319	88
Homeownership rate	67.5%	94.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.2%	4.8%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	11.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pocahontas	Smithboro
Population	729 → 794 (+8.9%)	216 → 171 (-20.8%)
Median household income	$48,250 → $48,250 (+0.0%)	$50,625 → $27,500 (-45.7%)
Median home value	$84,800 → $91,200 (+7.5%)	$65,000 → $70,000 (+7.7%)
Median gross rent	$744 → $750 (+0.8%)	—

Pocahontas

Population

729794

Median household income

$48,250$48,250

Median home value

$84,800$91,200

Median gross rent

$744$750

Smithboro

Population

216171

Median household income

$50,625$27,500

Median home value

$65,000$70,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pocahontas	Smithboro
Under 5	4.9%	5.3%
5 to 17	16.9%	18.7%
18 to 24	8.7%	14.6%
25 to 34	9.2%	18.7%
35 to 44	11.5%	11.1%
45 to 54	11.3%	2.3%
55 to 64	20.9%	17.0%
65 to 74	12.1%	6.4%
75 and over	4.5%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pocahontas	Smithboro
White (non-Hispanic)	93.6%	95.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.4%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.5%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pocahontas	Smithboro
No high school diploma	16.7%	19.0%
High school graduate	46.2%	41.0%
Some college or associate's	25.9%	35.2%
Bachelor's degree	8.0%	2.9%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	1.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pocahontas	Smithboro
Drove alone	74.5%	82.5%
Carpooled	5.8%	17.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.8%	0.0%
Other means	1.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pocahontas	Smithboro
1-unit, detached	72.4%	78.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	5.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	17.9%	21.6%

Poverty & households

	Pocahontas	Smithboro
Poverty rate	12.1%	42.5%
Average household size	2.63	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	28	19
Median year structure built	1962	1964