Hutsonville vs Palestine

A side-by-side comparison of Hutsonville and Palestine: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Palestine has the higher population (1,396 vs 645 in Hutsonville). Palestine has the higher median household income ($60,000 vs $57,353 in Hutsonville). Palestine has the higher median home value ($75,800 vs $62,900 in Hutsonville).

Population, income & housing

	Hutsonville	Palestine
Population	645	1,396
Median age	41.0 yrs	47.6 yrs
Median household income	$57,353	$60,000
Median home value	$62,900	$75,800
Median gross rent	—	$755
Housing units	253	666
Homeownership rate	75.6%	80.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.1%	10.5%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hutsonville	Palestine
Population	563 → 645 (+14.6%)	1,185 → 1,396 (+17.8%)
Median household income	$55,250 → $57,353 (+3.8%)	$38,661 → $60,000 (+55.2%)
Median home value	$66,900 → $62,900 (-6.0%)	$57,000 → $75,800 (+33.0%)
Median gross rent	$633 → $700 (+10.6%)	$470 → $755 (+60.6%)

Hutsonville

Population

563645

Median household income

$55,250$57,353

Median home value

$66,900$62,900

Median gross rent

$633$700

Palestine

Population

1,1851,396

Median household income

$38,661$60,000

Median home value

$57,000$75,800

Median gross rent

$470$755

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hutsonville	Palestine
Under 5	3.1%	3.2%
5 to 17	17.4%	17.9%
18 to 24	6.7%	4.9%
25 to 34	15.8%	7.9%
35 to 44	15.0%	11.7%
45 to 54	5.9%	11.7%
55 to 64	15.5%	19.1%
65 to 74	15.8%	16.5%
75 and over	4.8%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hutsonville	Palestine
White (non-Hispanic)	92.9%	93.5%
Black or African American	1.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.2%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.4%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hutsonville	Palestine
No high school diploma	3.6%	7.5%
High school graduate	33.8%	31.4%
Some college or associate's	44.5%	50.7%
Bachelor's degree	14.5%	4.6%
Graduate or professional degree	3.6%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hutsonville	Palestine
Drove alone	90.5%	83.6%
Carpooled	7.4%	9.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.6%
Walked	1.1%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.1%	3.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hutsonville	Palestine
1-unit, detached	76.7%	85.0%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	5.1%	6.8%
5 to 19 units	2.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	15.4%	7.1%

Poverty & households

	Hutsonville	Palestine
Poverty rate	22.8%	10.7%
Average household size	2.52	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	34	22
Median year structure built	1955	1954