Wapella vs Weldon

A side-by-side comparison of Wapella and Weldon: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Wapella has the higher population (465 vs 323 in Weldon). Weldon has the higher median household income ($60,083 vs $59,375 in Wapella). Wapella has the higher median home value ($101,800 vs $89,300 in Weldon).

Population, income & housing

	Wapella	Weldon
Population	465	323
Median age	40.3 yrs	44.4 yrs
Median household income	$59,375	$60,083
Median home value	$101,800	$89,300
Median gross rent	$950	$936
Housing units	236	149
Homeownership rate	90.2%	90.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.5%	9.5%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Wapella	Weldon
Population	565 → 465 (-17.7%)	389 → 323 (-17.0%)
Median household income	$58,667 → $59,375 (+1.2%)	$41,442 → $60,083 (+45.0%)
Median home value	$88,700 → $101,800 (+14.8%)	$66,700 → $89,300 (+33.9%)
Median gross rent	$678 → $950 (+40.1%)	$778 → $936 (+20.3%)

Wapella

Population

565465

Median household income

$58,667$59,375

Median home value

$88,700$101,800

Median gross rent

$678$950

Weldon

Population

389323

Median household income

$41,442$60,083

Median home value

$66,700$89,300

Median gross rent

$778$936

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Wapella	Weldon
Under 5	8.0%	6.5%
5 to 17	13.5%	19.5%
18 to 24	8.8%	5.6%
25 to 34	13.5%	6.8%
35 to 44	12.5%	13.3%
45 to 54	11.2%	16.7%
55 to 64	11.2%	11.5%
65 to 74	13.5%	14.6%
75 and over	7.7%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Wapella	Weldon
White (non-Hispanic)	93.8%	96.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.7%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	4.3%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Wapella	Weldon
No high school diploma	4.9%	5.0%
High school graduate	46.6%	48.0%
Some college or associate's	34.0%	37.6%
Bachelor's degree	10.2%	5.4%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	4.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Wapella	Weldon
Drove alone	65.2%	91.8%
Carpooled	11.7%	3.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.8%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.2%	4.1%
Other means	6.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Wapella	Weldon
1-unit, detached	91.9%	95.3%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.4%	4.0%

Poverty & households

	Wapella	Weldon
Poverty rate	2.6%	13.0%
Average household size	2.16	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	22	30
Median year structure built	1967	1956