Beecher City vs Dieterich

A side-by-side comparison of Beecher City and Dieterich: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Dieterich has the higher population (1,171 vs 419 in Beecher City). Dieterich has the higher median household income ($73,750 vs $47,500 in Beecher City). Dieterich has the higher median home value ($201,200 vs $85,300 in Beecher City).

Population, income & housing

	Beecher City	Dieterich
Population	419	1,171
Median age	39.1 yrs	30.9 yrs
Median household income	$47,500	$73,750
Median home value	$85,300	$201,200
Median gross rent	$611	$658
Housing units	209	483
Homeownership rate	61.3%	74.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.3%	29.4%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beecher City	Dieterich
Population	389 → 419 (+7.7%)	594 → 1,171 (+97.1%)
Median household income	$38,750 → $47,500 (+22.6%)	$62,159 → $73,750 (+18.6%)
Median home value	$65,400 → $85,300 (+30.4%)	$111,700 → $201,200 (+80.1%)
Median gross rent	$538 → $611 (+13.6%)	$543 → $658 (+21.2%)

Beecher City

Population

389419

Median household income

$38,750$47,500

Median home value

$65,400$85,300

Median gross rent

$538$611

Dieterich

Population

5941,171

Median household income

$62,159$73,750

Median home value

$111,700$201,200

Median gross rent

$543$658

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beecher City	Dieterich
Under 5	7.6%	11.1%
5 to 17	17.2%	25.0%
18 to 24	11.7%	4.6%
25 to 34	11.7%	16.7%
35 to 44	11.7%	16.9%
45 to 54	14.6%	7.3%
55 to 64	12.9%	9.6%
65 to 74	7.2%	5.0%
75 and over	5.5%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beecher City	Dieterich
White (non-Hispanic)	98.3%	95.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	1.0%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beecher City	Dieterich
No high school diploma	15.8%	13.5%
High school graduate	39.1%	25.1%
Some college or associate's	33.8%	32.0%
Bachelor's degree	7.9%	23.9%
Graduate or professional degree	3.4%	5.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beecher City	Dieterich
Drove alone	85.8%	81.1%
Carpooled	11.2%	3.3%
Public transit	0.0%	1.6%
Walked	1.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.5%	13.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beecher City	Dieterich
1-unit, detached	70.3%	81.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	7.0%
2 to 4 units	6.7%	9.5%
5 to 19 units	8.1%	1.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	14.8%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Beecher City	Dieterich
Poverty rate	21.2%	11.1%
Average household size	2.16	2.63
Mean commute (minutes)	25	23
Median year structure built	1962	1995