Foosland vs Longview

A side-by-side comparison of Foosland and Longview: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Longview has the higher population (90 vs 35 in Foosland). Longview has the higher median household income ($75,417 vs $68,125 in Foosland). Since 2019, Longview's population has grown faster (-34.3% vs -50.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Foosland	Longview
Population	35	90
Median age	53.8 yrs	45.5 yrs
Median household income	$68,125	$75,417
Median home value	—	$57,500
Housing units	29	60
Homeownership rate	89.5%	88.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.9%	5.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Foosland	Longview
Population	70 → 35 (-50.0%)	137 → 90 (-34.3%)
Median household income	$49,375 → $68,125 (+38.0%)	$30,625 → $75,417 (+146.3%)
Median home value	$62,100 → $63,300 (+1.9%)	$37,500 → $57,500 (+53.3%)

Foosland

Population

7035

Median household income

$49,375$68,125

Median home value

$62,100$63,300

Longview

Population

13790

Median household income

$30,625$75,417

Median home value

$37,500$57,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Foosland	Longview
Under 5	0.0%	3.3%
5 to 17	20.0%	8.9%
18 to 24	0.0%	4.4%
25 to 34	5.7%	22.2%
35 to 44	11.4%	11.1%
45 to 54	14.3%	14.4%
55 to 64	14.3%	16.7%
65 to 74	17.1%	11.1%
75 and over	17.1%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Foosland	Longview
White (non-Hispanic)	97.1%	95.6%
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	2.9%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Foosland	Longview
No high school diploma	17.9%	8.0%
High school graduate	39.3%	54.7%
Some college or associate's	25.0%	32.0%
Bachelor's degree	17.9%	2.7%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	2.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Foosland	Longview
Drove alone	92.9%	76.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	18.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	7.1%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	3.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Foosland	Longview
1-unit, detached	89.7%	91.7%
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	10.3%	8.3%

Poverty & households

	Foosland	Longview
Poverty rate	11.4%	12.2%
Average household size	1.84	2.09
Mean commute (minutes)	—	39
Median year structure built	1938	1938