Pana vs Taylorville

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

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

Taylorville has the higher population (11,149 vs 5,277 in Pana). Taylorville has the higher median household income ($52,720 vs $45,083 in Pana). Taylorville has the higher median home value ($106,300 vs $82,000 in Pana).

Population, income & housing

	Pana	Taylorville
Population	5,277	11,149
Median age	45.0 yrs	39.5 yrs
Median household income	$45,083	$52,720
Median home value	$82,000	$106,300
Median gross rent	$670	$738
Housing units	2,644	5,503
Homeownership rate	68.1%	64.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.3%	16.4%
Unemployment rate	6.8%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pana	Taylorville
Population	5,447 → 5,277 (-3.1%)	10,893 → 11,149 (+2.4%)
Median household income	$50,028 → $45,083 (-9.9%)	$39,979 → $52,720 (+31.9%)
Median home value	$75,400 → $82,000 (+8.8%)	$88,900 → $106,300 (+19.6%)
Median gross rent	$638 → $670 (+5.0%)	$672 → $738 (+9.8%)

Pana

Population

5,4475,277

Median household income

$50,028$45,083

Median home value

$75,400$82,000

Median gross rent

$638$670

Taylorville

Population

10,89311,149

Median household income

$39,979$52,720

Median home value

$88,900$106,300

Median gross rent

$672$738

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pana	Taylorville
Under 5	4.0%	6.7%
5 to 17	15.3%	15.8%
18 to 24	7.4%	8.4%
25 to 34	12.5%	13.2%
35 to 44	10.8%	12.5%
45 to 54	10.0%	13.2%
55 to 64	15.8%	11.6%
65 to 74	11.7%	8.9%
75 and over	12.5%	9.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pana	Taylorville
White (non-Hispanic)	90.4%	93.0%
Black or African American	1.9%	3.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.9%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.1%
Two or more races	1.5%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	4.7%	0.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pana	Taylorville
No high school diploma	11.5%	6.3%
High school graduate	46.1%	43.2%
Some college or associate's	27.1%	34.1%
Bachelor's degree	9.8%	10.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	5.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pana	Taylorville
Drove alone	79.1%	86.4%
Carpooled	9.1%	9.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	10.0%	3.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pana	Taylorville
1-unit, detached	77.4%	74.8%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	6.2%	5.2%
5 to 19 units	4.9%	6.9%
20 or more units	5.5%	6.4%
Mobile home & other	5.1%	5.1%

Poverty & households

	Pana	Taylorville
Poverty rate	14.6%	14.7%
Average household size	2.35	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	21	19
Median year structure built	1955	1967