Foosland vs Penfield

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

Foosland 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 35 in Foosland). Penfield has the higher median household income ($94,531 vs $68,125 in Foosland). Since 2019, Penfield's population has grown faster (+50.0% vs -50.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Foosland	Penfield
Population	35	195
Median age	53.8 yrs	52.3 yrs
Median household income	$68,125	$94,531
Median home value	—	$97,200
Housing units	29	88
Homeownership rate	89.5%	83.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.9%	2.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Foosland	Penfield
Population	70 → 35 (-50.0%)	130 → 195 (+50.0%)
Median household income	$49,375 → $68,125 (+38.0%)	$48,194 → $94,531 (+96.1%)
Median home value	$62,100 → $63,300 (+1.9%)	$102,500 → $97,200 (-5.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$668 → $703 (+5.2%)

Foosland

Population

7035

Median household income

$49,375$68,125

Median home value

$62,100$63,300

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)

	Foosland	Penfield
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	20.0%	18.5%
18 to 24	0.0%	2.1%
25 to 34	5.7%	10.3%
35 to 44	11.4%	12.8%
45 to 54	14.3%	12.8%
55 to 64	14.3%	4.6%
65 to 74	17.1%	33.3%
75 and over	17.1%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Foosland	Penfield
White (non-Hispanic)	97.1%	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	2.9%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	4.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Foosland	Penfield
No high school diploma	17.9%	0.0%
High school graduate	39.3%	81.3%
Some college or associate's	25.0%	16.1%
Bachelor's degree	17.9%	2.6%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Foosland	Penfield
Drove alone	92.9%	84.8%
Carpooled	0.0%	4.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	7.1%	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)

	Foosland	Penfield
1-unit, detached	89.7%	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	10.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Foosland	Penfield
Poverty rate	11.4%	12.6%
Average household size	1.84	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	—	24
Median year structure built	1938	1938