Walnut vs Wyanet

A side-by-side comparison of Walnut and Wyanet: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Walnut has the higher population (1,402 vs 970 in Wyanet). Walnut has the higher median household income ($62,019 vs $59,375 in Wyanet). Wyanet has the higher median home value ($96,800 vs $94,700 in Walnut).

Population, income & housing

	Walnut	Wyanet
Population	1,402	970
Median age	36.9 yrs	42.1 yrs
Median household income	$62,019	$59,375
Median home value	$94,700	$96,800
Median gross rent	$591	$912
Housing units	620	482
Homeownership rate	83.8%	81.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.8%	8.8%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Walnut	Wyanet
Population	1,370 → 1,402 (+2.3%)	1,052 → 970 (-7.8%)
Median household income	$53,750 → $62,019 (+15.4%)	$52,955 → $59,375 (+12.1%)
Median home value	$95,500 → $94,700 (-0.8%)	$83,100 → $96,800 (+16.5%)
Median gross rent	$611 → $591 (-3.3%)	$748 → $912 (+21.9%)

Walnut

Population

1,3701,402

Median household income

$53,750$62,019

Median home value

$95,500$94,700

Median gross rent

$611$591

Wyanet

Population

1,052970

Median household income

$52,955$59,375

Median home value

$83,100$96,800

Median gross rent

$748$912

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Walnut	Wyanet
Under 5	7.3%	1.5%
5 to 17	17.9%	20.9%
18 to 24	6.0%	4.7%
25 to 34	13.8%	11.3%
35 to 44	14.5%	16.4%
45 to 54	8.1%	12.5%
55 to 64	13.4%	16.2%
65 to 74	8.5%	8.4%
75 and over	10.6%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Walnut	Wyanet
White (non-Hispanic)	95.6%	95.1%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.5%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	2.5%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Walnut	Wyanet
No high school diploma	7.5%	7.2%
High school graduate	36.9%	45.9%
Some college or associate's	36.9%	38.1%
Bachelor's degree	14.1%	8.1%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	0.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Walnut	Wyanet
Drove alone	86.7%	83.4%
Carpooled	6.3%	10.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.6%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.4%	3.3%
Other means	0.4%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Walnut	Wyanet
1-unit, detached	93.2%	91.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	2.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.2%	5.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Walnut	Wyanet
Poverty rate	8.1%	13.7%
Average household size	2.33	2.20
Mean commute (minutes)	23	23
Median year structure built	1961	1962