Paris vs Vermilion

A side-by-side comparison of Paris and Vermilion: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Paris has the higher population (8,154 vs 194 in Vermilion). Paris has the higher median household income ($51,798 vs $46,250 in Vermilion). Paris has the higher median home value ($71,200 vs $59,600 in Vermilion).

Population, income & housing

	Paris	Vermilion
Population	8,154	194
Median age	44.9 yrs	38.5 yrs
Median household income	$51,798	$46,250
Median home value	$71,200	$59,600
Median gross rent	$755	$1,075
Housing units	4,198	77
Homeownership rate	65.9%	81.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.7%	13.3%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	6.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Paris	Vermilion
Population	8,372 → 8,154 (-2.6%)	231 → 194 (-16.0%)
Median household income	$44,209 → $51,798 (+17.2%)	$49,545 → $46,250 (-6.7%)
Median home value	$74,900 → $71,200 (-4.9%)	$54,400 → $59,600 (+9.6%)
Median gross rent	$614 → $755 (+23.0%)	$1,063 → $1,075 (+1.1%)

Paris

Population

8,3728,154

Median household income

$44,209$51,798

Median home value

$74,900$71,200

Median gross rent

$614$755

Vermilion

Population

231194

Median household income

$49,545$46,250

Median home value

$54,400$59,600

Median gross rent

$1,063$1,075

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Paris	Vermilion
Under 5	3.7%	10.8%
5 to 17	13.9%	24.2%
18 to 24	9.2%	3.1%
25 to 34	10.7%	10.8%
35 to 44	12.6%	3.6%
45 to 54	14.5%	7.7%
55 to 64	15.5%	13.4%
65 to 74	10.8%	11.9%
75 and over	9.0%	14.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Paris	Vermilion
White (non-Hispanic)	95.9%	97.4%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.1%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Paris	Vermilion
No high school diploma	13.9%	14.2%
High school graduate	44.7%	49.2%
Some college or associate's	24.6%	23.3%
Bachelor's degree	12.5%	3.3%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	10.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Paris	Vermilion
Drove alone	83.5%	81.6%
Carpooled	9.7%	8.2%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	2.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.2%	8.2%
Other means	0.0%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Paris	Vermilion
1-unit, detached	67.6%	90.9%
1-unit, attached	0.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.1%	2.6%
5 to 19 units	6.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	11.2%	6.5%

Poverty & households

	Paris	Vermilion
Poverty rate	11.5%	18.0%
Average household size	2.00	2.77
Mean commute (minutes)	15	27
Median year structure built	1962	1938