Paxton vs Piper City

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

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

Paxton has the higher population (4,201 vs 716 in Piper City). Paxton has the higher median household income ($60,470 vs $39,338 in Piper City). Paxton has the higher median home value ($116,700 vs $76,600 in Piper City).

Population, income & housing

	Paxton	Piper City
Population	4,201	716
Median age	39.0 yrs	45.7 yrs
Median household income	$60,470	$39,338
Median home value	$116,700	$76,600
Median gross rent	$922	$786
Housing units	2,041	373
Homeownership rate	70.3%	72.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.1%	8.2%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	18.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Paxton	Piper City
Population	4,220 → 4,201 (-0.5%)	878 → 716 (-18.5%)
Median household income	$53,917 → $60,470 (+12.2%)	$40,592 → $39,338 (-3.1%)
Median home value	$94,800 → $116,700 (+23.1%)	$72,000 → $76,600 (+6.4%)
Median gross rent	$655 → $922 (+40.8%)	$740 → $786 (+6.2%)

Paxton

Population

4,2204,201

Median household income

$53,917$60,470

Median home value

$94,800$116,700

Median gross rent

$655$922

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)

	Paxton	Piper City
Under 5	6.9%	1.3%
5 to 17	16.3%	16.6%
18 to 24	7.6%	9.1%
25 to 34	13.9%	7.1%
35 to 44	10.6%	13.5%
45 to 54	10.0%	16.3%
55 to 64	11.0%	19.7%
65 to 74	12.4%	8.0%
75 and over	11.4%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Paxton	Piper City
White (non-Hispanic)	94.3%	86.3%
Black or African American	0.4%	2.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	2.1%
Two or more races	2.4%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	6.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Paxton	Piper City
No high school diploma	6.0%	6.7%
High school graduate	32.4%	48.2%
Some college or associate's	40.6%	36.9%
Bachelor's degree	16.0%	6.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.1%	2.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Paxton	Piper City
Drove alone	81.2%	77.8%
Carpooled	7.1%	12.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.0%	5.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.8%	4.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Paxton	Piper City
1-unit, detached	78.7%	83.6%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.5%	4.6%
5 to 19 units	5.6%	11.0%
20 or more units	2.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.2%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Paxton	Piper City
Poverty rate	9.0%	13.4%
Average household size	2.22	2.02
Mean commute (minutes)	22	23
Median year structure built	1957	1951