Dewey vs Penfield

A side-by-side comparison of Dewey and Penfield: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Penfield has the higher population (195 vs 71 in Dewey). Since 2019, Penfield's population has grown faster (+50.0% vs -21.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Dewey	Penfield
Population	71	195
Median age	40.3 yrs	52.3 yrs
Median household income	—	$94,531
Median home value	—	$97,200
Housing units	57	88
Homeownership rate	100.0%	83.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	2.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dewey	Penfield
Population	90 → 71 (-21.1%)	130 → 195 (+50.0%)
Median household income	—	$48,194 → $94,531 (+96.1%)
Median home value	—	$102,500 → $97,200 (-5.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$668 → $703 (+5.2%)

Dewey

Population

9071

Penfield

Population

130195

Median household income

$48,194$94,531

Median home value

$102,500$97,200

Median gross rent

$668$703

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dewey	Penfield
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	38.0%	18.5%
18 to 24	0.0%	2.1%
25 to 34	0.0%	10.3%
35 to 44	38.0%	12.8%
45 to 54	11.3%	12.8%
55 to 64	12.7%	4.6%
65 to 74	0.0%	33.3%
75 and over	0.0%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dewey	Penfield
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	95.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	4.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dewey	Penfield
No high school diploma	0.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	79.5%	81.3%
Some college or associate's	20.5%	16.1%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	2.6%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dewey	Penfield
Drove alone	100.0%	84.8%
Carpooled	0.0%	4.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	10.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dewey	Penfield
1-unit, detached	52.6%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	47.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Dewey	Penfield
Poverty rate	0.0%	12.6%
Average household size	2.03	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	—	24
Median year structure built	1978	1938