Pesotum vs Thomasboro

A side-by-side comparison of Pesotum and Thomasboro: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Thomasboro has the higher population (966 vs 538 in Pesotum). Pesotum has the higher median household income ($76,875 vs $65,000 in Thomasboro). Pesotum has the higher median home value ($160,800 vs $109,400 in Thomasboro).

Population, income & housing

	Pesotum	Thomasboro
Population	538	966
Median age	45.9 yrs	45.0 yrs
Median household income	$76,875	$65,000
Median home value	$160,800	$109,400
Median gross rent	$1,500	$790
Housing units	246	491
Homeownership rate	88.3%	78.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.7%	16.4%
Unemployment rate	7.6%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pesotum	Thomasboro
Population	508 → 538 (+5.9%)	997 → 966 (-3.1%)
Median household income	$74,861 → $76,875 (+2.7%)	$48,304 → $65,000 (+34.6%)
Median home value	$115,700 → $160,800 (+39.0%)	$88,600 → $109,400 (+23.5%)
Median gross rent	$825 → $1,500 (+81.8%)	$718 → $790 (+10.0%)

Pesotum

Population

508538

Median household income

$74,861$76,875

Median home value

$115,700$160,800

Median gross rent

$825$1,500

Thomasboro

Population

997966

Median household income

$48,304$65,000

Median home value

$88,600$109,400

Median gross rent

$718$790

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pesotum	Thomasboro
Under 5	7.4%	5.6%
5 to 17	18.6%	12.8%
18 to 24	4.1%	4.0%
25 to 34	7.8%	13.7%
35 to 44	8.2%	13.9%
45 to 54	15.4%	11.3%
55 to 64	21.0%	22.0%
65 to 74	9.3%	9.9%
75 and over	8.2%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pesotum	Thomasboro
White (non-Hispanic)	96.1%	84.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	0.4%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	7.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pesotum	Thomasboro
No high school diploma	2.7%	5.6%
High school graduate	39.4%	46.5%
Some college or associate's	33.2%	31.5%
Bachelor's degree	20.2%	13.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.5%	2.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pesotum	Thomasboro
Drove alone	81.0%	84.5%
Carpooled	9.3%	10.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.7%	2.2%
Other means	0.0%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pesotum	Thomasboro
1-unit, detached	98.8%	81.5%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	0.4%	9.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	3.7%

Poverty & households

	Pesotum	Thomasboro
Poverty rate	7.0%	11.7%
Average household size	2.34	2.23
Mean commute (minutes)	27	21
Median year structure built	1962	1977