Effingham vs Teutopolis

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

Effingham and Teutopolis 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 1,693 in Teutopolis). Teutopolis has the higher median household income ($96,875 vs $65,718 in Effingham). Teutopolis has the higher median home value ($230,400 vs $166,700 in Effingham).

Population, income & housing

	Effingham	Teutopolis
Population	12,258	1,693
Median age	36.9 yrs	38.3 yrs
Median household income	$65,718	$96,875
Median home value	$166,700	$230,400
Median gross rent	$696	$600
Housing units	5,584	748
Homeownership rate	64.3%	73.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.8%	36.7%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	1.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Effingham	Teutopolis
Population	12,563 → 12,258 (-2.4%)	1,730 → 1,693 (-2.1%)
Median household income	$47,582 → $65,718 (+38.1%)	$74,083 → $96,875 (+30.8%)
Median home value	$126,800 → $166,700 (+31.5%)	$166,500 → $230,400 (+38.4%)
Median gross rent	$599 → $696 (+16.2%)	$614 → $600 (-2.3%)

Effingham

Population

12,56312,258

Median household income

$47,582$65,718

Median home value

$126,800$166,700

Median gross rent

$599$696

Teutopolis

Population

1,7301,693

Median household income

$74,083$96,875

Median home value

$166,500$230,400

Median gross rent

$614$600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Effingham	Teutopolis
Under 5	6.8%	6.3%
5 to 17	15.9%	19.2%
18 to 24	8.8%	6.3%
25 to 34	15.2%	14.0%
35 to 44	10.6%	15.7%
45 to 54	10.9%	9.5%
55 to 64	12.2%	13.7%
65 to 74	11.3%	8.0%
75 and over	8.3%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Effingham	Teutopolis
White (non-Hispanic)	92.1%	93.6%
Black or African American	1.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	3.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	1.6%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	3.7%	0.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Effingham	Teutopolis
No high school diploma	8.1%	1.3%
High school graduate	26.9%	27.1%
Some college or associate's	37.2%	34.9%
Bachelor's degree	17.7%	22.5%
Graduate or professional degree	10.1%	14.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Effingham	Teutopolis
Drove alone	75.8%	80.1%
Carpooled	8.0%	4.8%
Public transit	0.4%	0.3%
Walked	3.4%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.5%
Worked from home	11.3%	13.8%
Other means	0.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Effingham	Teutopolis
1-unit, detached	67.5%	87.8%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.4%	4.8%
5 to 19 units	8.9%	5.6%
20 or more units	6.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.0%	1.7%

Poverty & households

	Effingham	Teutopolis
Poverty rate	14.8%	2.8%
Average household size	2.28	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	13	17
Median year structure built	1975	1976