Dieterich vs Effingham

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

Dieterich 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 1,171 in Dieterich). Dieterich has the higher median household income ($73,750 vs $65,718 in Effingham). Dieterich has the higher median home value ($201,200 vs $166,700 in Effingham).

Population, income & housing

	Dieterich	Effingham
Population	1,171	12,258
Median age	30.9 yrs	36.9 yrs
Median household income	$73,750	$65,718
Median home value	$201,200	$166,700
Median gross rent	$658	$696
Housing units	483	5,584
Homeownership rate	74.3%	64.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.4%	27.8%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dieterich	Effingham
Population	594 → 1,171 (+97.1%)	12,563 → 12,258 (-2.4%)
Median household income	$62,159 → $73,750 (+18.6%)	$47,582 → $65,718 (+38.1%)
Median home value	$111,700 → $201,200 (+80.1%)	$126,800 → $166,700 (+31.5%)
Median gross rent	$543 → $658 (+21.2%)	$599 → $696 (+16.2%)

Dieterich

Population

5941,171

Median household income

$62,159$73,750

Median home value

$111,700$201,200

Median gross rent

$543$658

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)

	Dieterich	Effingham
Under 5	11.1%	6.8%
5 to 17	25.0%	15.9%
18 to 24	4.6%	8.8%
25 to 34	16.7%	15.2%
35 to 44	16.9%	10.6%
45 to 54	7.3%	10.9%
55 to 64	9.6%	12.2%
65 to 74	5.0%	11.3%
75 and over	3.8%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dieterich	Effingham
White (non-Hispanic)	95.7%	92.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.3%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	3.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dieterich	Effingham
No high school diploma	13.5%	8.1%
High school graduate	25.1%	26.9%
Some college or associate's	32.0%	37.2%
Bachelor's degree	23.9%	17.7%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	10.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dieterich	Effingham
Drove alone	81.1%	75.8%
Carpooled	3.3%	8.0%
Public transit	1.6%	0.4%
Walked	0.0%	3.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	13.9%	11.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dieterich	Effingham
1-unit, detached	81.0%	67.5%
1-unit, attached	7.0%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	9.5%	10.4%
5 to 19 units	1.4%	8.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.1%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	5.0%

Poverty & households

	Dieterich	Effingham
Poverty rate	11.1%	14.8%
Average household size	2.63	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	23	13
Median year structure built	1995	1975