Milledgeville vs Thomson

A side-by-side comparison of Milledgeville and Thomson: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Thomson has the higher population (1,526 vs 1,199 in Milledgeville). Milledgeville has the higher median household income ($59,688 vs $54,063 in Thomson). Thomson has the higher median home value ($122,300 vs $89,200 in Milledgeville).

Population, income & housing

	Milledgeville	Thomson
Population	1,199	1,526
Median age	38.9 yrs	39.1 yrs
Median household income	$59,688	$54,063
Median home value	$89,200	$122,300
Median gross rent	$629	$940
Housing units	517	255
Homeownership rate	83.3%	68.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.8%	5.2%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	13.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Milledgeville	Thomson
Population	996 → 1,199 (+20.4%)	524 → 1,526 (+191.2%)
Median household income	$47,574 → $59,688 (+25.5%)	$49,375 → $54,063 (+9.5%)
Median home value	$84,100 → $89,200 (+6.1%)	$115,800 → $122,300 (+5.6%)
Median gross rent	$660 → $629 (-4.7%)	$785 → $940 (+19.7%)

Milledgeville

Population

9961,199

Median household income

$47,574$59,688

Median home value

$84,100$89,200

Median gross rent

$660$629

Thomson

Population

5241,526

Median household income

$49,375$54,063

Median home value

$115,800$122,300

Median gross rent

$785$940

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Milledgeville	Thomson
Under 5	5.9%	1.2%
5 to 17	19.3%	4.1%
18 to 24	7.8%	3.2%
25 to 34	11.8%	28.0%
35 to 44	13.7%	30.3%
45 to 54	15.5%	14.0%
55 to 64	8.3%	10.7%
65 to 74	8.5%	5.7%
75 and over	9.3%	2.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Milledgeville	Thomson
White (non-Hispanic)	96.6%	49.3%
Black or African American	0.2%	35.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	2.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.3%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	12.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Milledgeville	Thomson
No high school diploma	9.3%	33.8%
High school graduate	42.7%	36.2%
Some college or associate's	33.2%	24.8%
Bachelor's degree	9.8%	2.4%
Graduate or professional degree	5.0%	2.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Milledgeville	Thomson
Drove alone	86.6%	83.9%
Carpooled	7.0%	14.7%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.3%	0.0%
Other means	0.9%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Milledgeville	Thomson
1-unit, detached	93.4%	75.7%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	0.4%	17.3%
5 to 19 units	4.1%	4.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.0%

Poverty & households

	Milledgeville	Thomson
Poverty rate	13.4%	21.0%
Average household size	2.34	2.13
Mean commute (minutes)	24	21
Median year structure built	1941	1965