Beecher City vs Effingham

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

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

Effingham has the higher population (12,258 vs 419 in Beecher City). Effingham has the higher median household income ($65,718 vs $47,500 in Beecher City). Effingham has the higher median home value ($166,700 vs $85,300 in Beecher City).

Population, income & housing

	Beecher City	Effingham
Population	419	12,258
Median age	39.1 yrs	36.9 yrs
Median household income	$47,500	$65,718
Median home value	$85,300	$166,700
Median gross rent	$611	$696
Housing units	209	5,584
Homeownership rate	61.3%	64.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.3%	27.8%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beecher City	Effingham
Population	389 → 419 (+7.7%)	12,563 → 12,258 (-2.4%)
Median household income	$38,750 → $47,500 (+22.6%)	$47,582 → $65,718 (+38.1%)
Median home value	$65,400 → $85,300 (+30.4%)	$126,800 → $166,700 (+31.5%)
Median gross rent	$538 → $611 (+13.6%)	$599 → $696 (+16.2%)

Beecher City

Population

389419

Median household income

$38,750$47,500

Median home value

$65,400$85,300

Median gross rent

$538$611

Effingham

Population

12,56312,258

Median household income

$47,582$65,718

Median home value

$126,800$166,700

Median gross rent

$599$696

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beecher City	Effingham
Under 5	7.6%	6.8%
5 to 17	17.2%	15.9%
18 to 24	11.7%	8.8%
25 to 34	11.7%	15.2%
35 to 44	11.7%	10.6%
45 to 54	14.6%	10.9%
55 to 64	12.9%	12.2%
65 to 74	7.2%	11.3%
75 and over	5.5%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beecher City	Effingham
White (non-Hispanic)	98.3%	92.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.0%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	3.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beecher City	Effingham
No high school diploma	15.8%	8.1%
High school graduate	39.1%	26.9%
Some college or associate's	33.8%	37.2%
Bachelor's degree	7.9%	17.7%
Graduate or professional degree	3.4%	10.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beecher City	Effingham
Drove alone	85.8%	75.8%
Carpooled	11.2%	8.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	1.5%	3.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	1.5%	11.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beecher City	Effingham
1-unit, detached	70.3%	67.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	6.7%	10.4%
5 to 19 units	8.1%	8.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.1%
Mobile home & other	14.8%	5.0%

Poverty & households

	Beecher City	Effingham
Poverty rate	21.2%	14.8%
Average household size	2.16	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	25	13
Median year structure built	1962	1975