Pocahontas vs Sorento

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

Pocahontas and Sorento 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 503 in Sorento). Sorento has the higher median household income ($48,333 vs $48,250 in Pocahontas). Pocahontas has the higher median home value ($91,200 vs $52,900 in Sorento).

Population, income & housing

	Pocahontas	Sorento
Population	794	503
Median age	43.0 yrs	41.5 yrs
Median household income	$48,250	$48,333
Median home value	$91,200	$52,900
Median gross rent	$750	$617
Housing units	319	242
Homeownership rate	67.5%	88.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.2%	9.6%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pocahontas	Sorento
Population	729 → 794 (+8.9%)	443 → 503 (+13.5%)
Median household income	$48,250 → $48,250 (+0.0%)	$32,273 → $48,333 (+49.8%)
Median home value	$84,800 → $91,200 (+7.5%)	$42,800 → $52,900 (+23.6%)
Median gross rent	$744 → $750 (+0.8%)	$614 → $617 (+0.5%)

Pocahontas

Population

729794

Median household income

$48,250$48,250

Median home value

$84,800$91,200

Median gross rent

$744$750

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)

	Pocahontas	Sorento
Under 5	4.9%	1.6%
5 to 17	16.9%	18.3%
18 to 24	8.7%	14.1%
25 to 34	9.2%	9.3%
35 to 44	11.5%	13.5%
45 to 54	11.3%	9.9%
55 to 64	20.9%	15.1%
65 to 74	12.1%	9.5%
75 and over	4.5%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pocahontas	Sorento
White (non-Hispanic)	93.6%	91.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.4%
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%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pocahontas	Sorento
No high school diploma	16.7%	9.9%
High school graduate	46.2%	53.9%
Some college or associate's	25.9%	26.5%
Bachelor's degree	8.0%	8.4%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	1.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pocahontas	Sorento
Drove alone	74.5%	87.6%
Carpooled	5.8%	11.8%
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%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pocahontas	Sorento
1-unit, detached	72.4%	83.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	5.6%	2.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	17.9%	14.5%

Poverty & households

	Pocahontas	Sorento
Poverty rate	12.1%	19.1%
Average household size	2.63	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	28	34
Median year structure built	1962	1943