North City vs Thompsonville

A side-by-side comparison of North City and Thompsonville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

North City has the higher population (708 vs 475 in Thompsonville). North City has the higher median household income ($50,469 vs $46,023 in Thompsonville). North City has the higher median home value ($107,400 vs $85,700 in Thompsonville).

Population, income & housing

	North City	Thompsonville
Population	708	475
Median age	56.2 yrs	39.4 yrs
Median household income	$50,469	$46,023
Median home value	$107,400	$85,700
Median gross rent	$1,106	$708
Housing units	357	303
Homeownership rate	91.6%	60.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.0%	12.1%
Unemployment rate	8.7%	8.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	North City	Thompsonville
Population	560 → 708 (+26.4%)	496 → 475 (-4.2%)
Median household income	$43,500 → $50,469 (+16.0%)	$32,604 → $46,023 (+41.2%)
Median home value	$65,000 → $107,400 (+65.2%)	$73,900 → $85,700 (+16.0%)
Median gross rent	$684 → $1,106 (+61.7%)	$654 → $708 (+8.3%)

North City

Population

560708

Median household income

$43,500$50,469

Median home value

$65,000$107,400

Median gross rent

$684$1,106

Thompsonville

Population

496475

Median household income

$32,604$46,023

Median home value

$73,900$85,700

Median gross rent

$654$708

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	North City	Thompsonville
Under 5	3.7%	14.9%
5 to 17	9.5%	8.4%
18 to 24	3.4%	12.4%
25 to 34	7.8%	11.4%
35 to 44	9.0%	12.0%
45 to 54	13.8%	10.9%
55 to 64	27.5%	10.3%
65 to 74	15.1%	8.0%
75 and over	10.2%	11.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	North City	Thompsonville
White (non-Hispanic)	95.2%	96.8%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.4%
Two or more races	4.1%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	North City	Thompsonville
No high school diploma	6.8%	18.0%
High school graduate	34.9%	35.4%
Some college or associate's	48.4%	34.4%
Bachelor's degree	8.3%	7.5%
Graduate or professional degree	1.7%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	North City	Thompsonville
Drove alone	69.0%	80.2%
Carpooled	4.9%	14.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	9.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.1%	3.9%
Other means	0.0%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	North City	Thompsonville
1-unit, detached	88.5%	60.1%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	12.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.4%	26.7%

Poverty & households

	North City	Thompsonville
Poverty rate	9.6%	16.2%
Average household size	2.21	2.07
Mean commute (minutes)	22	33
Median year structure built	1971	1977