Beecher City vs Watson

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

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

Watson has the higher population (616 vs 419 in Beecher City). Watson has the higher median household income ($68,625 vs $47,500 in Beecher City). Watson has the higher median home value ($93,900 vs $85,300 in Beecher City).

Population, income & housing

	Beecher City	Watson
Population	419	616
Median age	39.1 yrs	41.4 yrs
Median household income	$47,500	$68,625
Median home value	$85,300	$93,900
Median gross rent	$611	$750
Housing units	209	244
Homeownership rate	61.3%	82.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.3%	12.1%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beecher City	Watson
Population	389 → 419 (+7.7%)	824 → 616 (-25.2%)
Median household income	$38,750 → $47,500 (+22.6%)	$53,750 → $68,625 (+27.7%)
Median home value	$65,400 → $85,300 (+30.4%)	$75,400 → $93,900 (+24.5%)
Median gross rent	$538 → $611 (+13.6%)	$556 → $750 (+34.9%)

Beecher City

Population

389419

Median household income

$38,750$47,500

Median home value

$65,400$85,300

Median gross rent

$538$611

Watson

Population

824616

Median household income

$53,750$68,625

Median home value

$75,400$93,900

Median gross rent

$556$750

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beecher City	Watson
Under 5	7.6%	3.9%
5 to 17	17.2%	18.3%
18 to 24	11.7%	8.3%
25 to 34	11.7%	12.8%
35 to 44	11.7%	11.5%
45 to 54	14.6%	19.6%
55 to 64	12.9%	14.9%
65 to 74	7.2%	8.3%
75 and over	5.5%	2.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beecher City	Watson
White (non-Hispanic)	98.3%	98.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.0%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beecher City	Watson
No high school diploma	15.8%	10.5%
High school graduate	39.1%	41.4%
Some college or associate's	33.8%	36.0%
Bachelor's degree	7.9%	11.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.4%	1.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beecher City	Watson
Drove alone	85.8%	81.3%
Carpooled	11.2%	11.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.5%	6.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beecher City	Watson
1-unit, detached	70.3%	79.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.7%	7.8%
5 to 19 units	8.1%	2.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	14.8%	9.8%

Poverty & households

	Beecher City	Watson
Poverty rate	21.2%	20.6%
Average household size	2.16	2.67
Mean commute (minutes)	25	17
Median year structure built	1962	1982