Orient vs Thompsonville

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

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

Thompsonville has the higher population (475 vs 380 in Orient). Thompsonville has the higher median household income ($46,023 vs $39,167 in Orient). Thompsonville has the higher median home value ($85,700 vs $49,100 in Orient).

Population, income & housing

	Orient	Thompsonville
Population	380	475
Median age	42.6 yrs	39.4 yrs
Median household income	$39,167	$46,023
Median home value	$49,100	$85,700
Median gross rent	$731	$708
Housing units	212	303
Homeownership rate	76.4%	60.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.0%	12.1%
Unemployment rate	7.2%	8.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Orient	Thompsonville
Population	426 → 380 (-10.8%)	496 → 475 (-4.2%)
Median household income	$28,958 → $39,167 (+35.3%)	$32,604 → $46,023 (+41.2%)
Median home value	$41,600 → $49,100 (+18.0%)	$73,900 → $85,700 (+16.0%)
Median gross rent	$600 → $731 (+21.8%)	$654 → $708 (+8.3%)

Orient

Population

426380

Median household income

$28,958$39,167

Median home value

$41,600$49,100

Median gross rent

$600$731

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)

	Orient	Thompsonville
Under 5	9.2%	14.9%
5 to 17	8.4%	8.4%
18 to 24	3.9%	12.4%
25 to 34	15.3%	11.4%
35 to 44	15.8%	12.0%
45 to 54	17.9%	10.9%
55 to 64	8.7%	10.3%
65 to 74	13.7%	8.0%
75 and over	7.1%	11.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Orient	Thompsonville
White (non-Hispanic)	96.6%	96.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	2.9%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Orient	Thompsonville
No high school diploma	11.1%	18.0%
High school graduate	43.6%	35.4%
Some college or associate's	41.3%	34.4%
Bachelor's degree	2.0%	7.5%
Graduate or professional degree	2.0%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Orient	Thompsonville
Drove alone	85.7%	80.2%
Carpooled	10.4%	14.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	3.9%
Other means	0.0%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Orient	Thompsonville
1-unit, detached	84.9%	60.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	12.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.7%
20 or more units	0.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	14.2%	26.7%

Poverty & households

	Orient	Thompsonville
Poverty rate	25.0%	16.2%
Average household size	2.09	2.07
Mean commute (minutes)	39	33
Median year structure built	1945	1977