Assumption vs Pana

A side-by-side comparison of Assumption and Pana: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Pana has the higher population (5,277 vs 1,117 in Assumption). Assumption has the higher median household income ($55,764 vs $45,083 in Pana). Pana has the higher median home value ($82,000 vs $72,100 in Assumption).

Population, income & housing

	Assumption	Pana
Population	1,117	5,277
Median age	34.3 yrs	45.0 yrs
Median household income	$55,764	$45,083
Median home value	$72,100	$82,000
Median gross rent	$646	$670
Housing units	605	2,644
Homeownership rate	61.1%	68.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.8%	15.3%
Unemployment rate	11.8%	6.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Assumption	Pana
Population	1,106 → 1,117 (+1.0%)	5,447 → 5,277 (-3.1%)
Median household income	$45,417 → $55,764 (+22.8%)	$50,028 → $45,083 (-9.9%)
Median home value	$70,900 → $72,100 (+1.7%)	$75,400 → $82,000 (+8.8%)
Median gross rent	$633 → $646 (+2.1%)	$638 → $670 (+5.0%)

Assumption

Population

1,1061,117

Median household income

$45,417$55,764

Median home value

$70,900$72,100

Median gross rent

$633$646

Pana

Population

5,4475,277

Median household income

$50,028$45,083

Median home value

$75,400$82,000

Median gross rent

$638$670

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Assumption	Pana
Under 5	5.2%	4.0%
5 to 17	19.9%	15.3%
18 to 24	17.3%	7.4%
25 to 34	10.0%	12.5%
35 to 44	8.9%	10.8%
45 to 54	10.4%	10.0%
55 to 64	13.5%	15.8%
65 to 74	9.0%	11.7%
75 and over	5.9%	12.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Assumption	Pana
White (non-Hispanic)	84.2%	90.4%
Black or African American	2.4%	1.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.7%
Two or more races	1.5%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	11.5%	4.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Assumption	Pana
No high school diploma	5.4%	11.5%
High school graduate	51.2%	46.1%
Some college or associate's	28.6%	27.1%
Bachelor's degree	10.9%	9.8%
Graduate or professional degree	3.9%	5.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Assumption	Pana
Drove alone	86.7%	79.1%
Carpooled	2.9%	9.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.4%	10.0%
Other means	1.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Assumption	Pana
1-unit, detached	87.9%	77.4%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	8.6%	6.2%
5 to 19 units	0.7%	4.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.5%
Mobile home & other	2.5%	5.1%

Poverty & households

	Assumption	Pana
Poverty rate	11.3%	14.6%
Average household size	2.16	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	21	21
Median year structure built	1947	1955