Palestine vs Robinson

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

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

Robinson has the higher population (7,005 vs 1,396 in Palestine). Robinson has the higher median household income ($67,591 vs $60,000 in Palestine). Robinson has the higher median home value ($102,600 vs $75,800 in Palestine).

Population, income & housing

	Palestine	Robinson
Population	1,396	7,005
Median age	47.6 yrs	40.8 yrs
Median household income	$60,000	$67,591
Median home value	$75,800	$102,600
Median gross rent	$755	$809
Housing units	666	3,131
Homeownership rate	80.7%	70.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.5%	27.2%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	6.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Palestine	Robinson
Population	1,185 → 1,396 (+17.8%)	7,614 → 7,005 (-8.0%)
Median household income	$38,661 → $60,000 (+55.2%)	$44,292 → $67,591 (+52.6%)
Median home value	$57,000 → $75,800 (+33.0%)	$77,600 → $102,600 (+32.2%)
Median gross rent	$470 → $755 (+60.6%)	$647 → $809 (+25.0%)

Palestine

Population

1,1851,396

Median household income

$38,661$60,000

Median home value

$57,000$75,800

Median gross rent

$470$755

Robinson

Population

7,6147,005

Median household income

$44,292$67,591

Median home value

$77,600$102,600

Median gross rent

$647$809

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Palestine	Robinson
Under 5	3.2%	4.9%
5 to 17	17.9%	13.4%
18 to 24	4.9%	7.3%
25 to 34	7.9%	14.4%
35 to 44	11.7%	16.4%
45 to 54	11.7%	14.9%
55 to 64	19.1%	11.0%
65 to 74	16.5%	9.4%
75 and over	6.9%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Palestine	Robinson
White (non-Hispanic)	93.5%	84.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	8.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	0.3%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.2%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	5.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Palestine	Robinson
No high school diploma	7.5%	18.4%
High school graduate	31.4%	23.8%
Some college or associate's	50.7%	30.7%
Bachelor's degree	4.6%	20.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.9%	7.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Palestine	Robinson
Drove alone	83.6%	84.1%
Carpooled	9.9%	5.5%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	2.4%	3.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.9%
Worked from home	3.1%	6.2%
Other means	0.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Palestine	Robinson
1-unit, detached	85.0%	83.8%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	0.2%
2 to 4 units	6.8%	7.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.4%
20 or more units	0.3%	3.5%
Mobile home & other	7.1%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Palestine	Robinson
Poverty rate	10.7%	7.9%
Average household size	2.34	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	22	12
Median year structure built	1954	1957