Savanna vs Thomson

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

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

Savanna has the higher population (2,851 vs 1,526 in Thomson). Thomson has the higher median household income ($54,063 vs $46,094 in Savanna). Thomson has the higher median home value ($122,300 vs $75,000 in Savanna).

Population, income & housing

	Savanna	Thomson
Population	2,851	1,526
Median age	50.7 yrs	39.1 yrs
Median household income	$46,094	$54,063
Median home value	$75,000	$122,300
Median gross rent	$777	$940
Housing units	1,703	255
Homeownership rate	60.5%	68.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.3%	5.2%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	13.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Savanna	Thomson
Population	2,977 → 2,851 (-4.2%)	524 → 1,526 (+191.2%)
Median household income	$31,710 → $46,094 (+45.4%)	$49,375 → $54,063 (+9.5%)
Median home value	$68,800 → $75,000 (+9.0%)	$115,800 → $122,300 (+5.6%)
Median gross rent	$615 → $777 (+26.3%)	$785 → $940 (+19.7%)

Savanna

Population

2,9772,851

Median household income

$31,710$46,094

Median home value

$68,800$75,000

Median gross rent

$615$777

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)

	Savanna	Thomson
Under 5	2.9%	1.2%
5 to 17	14.1%	4.1%
18 to 24	6.8%	3.2%
25 to 34	7.9%	28.0%
35 to 44	12.4%	30.3%
45 to 54	13.0%	14.0%
55 to 64	15.5%	10.7%
65 to 74	14.8%	5.7%
75 and over	12.7%	2.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Savanna	Thomson
White (non-Hispanic)	88.0%	49.3%
Black or African American	0.2%	35.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	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	3.3%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	8.1%	12.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Savanna	Thomson
No high school diploma	16.6%	33.8%
High school graduate	28.0%	36.2%
Some college or associate's	39.1%	24.8%
Bachelor's degree	13.5%	2.4%
Graduate or professional degree	2.8%	2.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Savanna	Thomson
Drove alone	74.2%	83.9%
Carpooled	8.7%	14.7%
Public transit	1.9%	0.0%
Walked	8.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.4%	0.0%
Other means	0.9%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Savanna	Thomson
1-unit, detached	73.2%	75.7%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	8.8%	17.3%
5 to 19 units	4.9%	4.7%
20 or more units	6.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.6%	2.0%

Poverty & households

	Savanna	Thomson
Poverty rate	15.4%	21.0%
Average household size	1.88	2.13
Mean commute (minutes)	14	21
Median year structure built	1949	1965