Palestine vs Stoy

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

Palestine and Stoy 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 201 in Stoy). Stoy has the higher median household income ($76,056 vs $60,000 in Palestine). Stoy has the higher median home value ($102,200 vs $75,800 in Palestine).

Population, income & housing

	Palestine	Stoy
Population	1,396	201
Median age	47.6 yrs	40.1 yrs
Median household income	$60,000	$76,056
Median home value	$75,800	$102,200
Median gross rent	$755	—
Housing units	666	94
Homeownership rate	80.7%	47.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.5%	3.5%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Palestine	Stoy
Population	1,185 → 1,396 (+17.8%)	200 → 201 (+0.5%)
Median household income	$38,661 → $60,000 (+55.2%)	$71,250 → $76,056 (+6.7%)
Median home value	$57,000 → $75,800 (+33.0%)	$65,000 → $102,200 (+57.2%)
Median gross rent	$470 → $755 (+60.6%)	—

Palestine

Population

1,1851,396

Median household income

$38,661$60,000

Median home value

$57,000$75,800

Median gross rent

$470$755

Stoy

Population

200201

Median household income

$71,250$76,056

Median home value

$65,000$102,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Palestine	Stoy
Under 5	3.2%	3.5%
5 to 17	17.9%	24.9%
18 to 24	4.9%	14.4%
25 to 34	7.9%	3.5%
35 to 44	11.7%	26.9%
45 to 54	11.7%	10.9%
55 to 64	19.1%	4.5%
65 to 74	16.5%	5.0%
75 and over	6.9%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Palestine	Stoy
White (non-Hispanic)	93.5%	49.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.2%	48.8%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Palestine	Stoy
No high school diploma	7.5%	19.1%
High school graduate	31.4%	13.0%
Some college or associate's	50.7%	64.3%
Bachelor's degree	4.6%	1.7%
Graduate or professional degree	5.9%	1.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Palestine	Stoy
Drove alone	83.6%	97.9%
Carpooled	9.9%	1.0%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	2.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.1%	1.0%
Other means	0.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Palestine	Stoy
1-unit, detached	85.0%	89.4%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	6.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.1%	8.5%

Poverty & households

	Palestine	Stoy
Poverty rate	10.7%	6.5%
Average household size	2.34	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	22	9
Median year structure built	1954	2000