Kempton vs Piper City

A side-by-side comparison of Kempton and Piper City: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Piper City has the higher population (716 vs 221 in Kempton). Kempton has the higher median household income ($71,786 vs $39,338 in Piper City). Piper City has the higher median home value ($76,600 vs $56,700 in Kempton).

Population, income & housing

	Kempton	Piper City
Population	221	716
Median age	38.0 yrs	45.7 yrs
Median household income	$71,786	$39,338
Median home value	$56,700	$76,600
Median gross rent	$938	$786
Housing units	112	373
Homeownership rate	88.5%	72.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.6%	8.2%
Unemployment rate	17.2%	18.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kempton	Piper City
Population	220 → 221 (+0.5%)	878 → 716 (-18.5%)
Median household income	$52,083 → $71,786 (+37.8%)	$40,592 → $39,338 (-3.1%)
Median home value	$50,800 → $56,700 (+11.6%)	$72,000 → $76,600 (+6.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,048 → $938 (-10.5%)	$740 → $786 (+6.2%)

Kempton

Population

220221

Median household income

$52,083$71,786

Median home value

$50,800$56,700

Median gross rent

$1,048$938

Piper City

Population

878716

Median household income

$40,592$39,338

Median home value

$72,000$76,600

Median gross rent

$740$786

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kempton	Piper City
Under 5	5.0%	1.3%
5 to 17	15.8%	16.6%
18 to 24	10.0%	9.1%
25 to 34	5.4%	7.1%
35 to 44	33.5%	13.5%
45 to 54	9.0%	16.3%
55 to 64	11.8%	19.7%
65 to 74	5.9%	8.0%
75 and over	3.6%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kempton	Piper City
White (non-Hispanic)	91.4%	86.3%
Black or African American	2.3%	2.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.8%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	2.1%
Two or more races	1.8%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	2.7%	6.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kempton	Piper City
No high school diploma	2.6%	6.7%
High school graduate	31.4%	48.2%
Some college or associate's	48.4%	36.9%
Bachelor's degree	10.5%	6.1%
Graduate or professional degree	7.2%	2.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kempton	Piper City
Drove alone	83.7%	77.8%
Carpooled	7.1%	12.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	5.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.2%	4.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kempton	Piper City
1-unit, detached	92.0%	83.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	11.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.0%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Kempton	Piper City
Poverty rate	13.1%	13.4%
Average household size	2.30	2.02
Mean commute (minutes)	38	23
Median year structure built	1938	1951