Thompsonville vs West City

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

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

West City has the higher population (612 vs 475 in Thompsonville). West City has the higher median household income ($48,672 vs $46,023 in Thompsonville). Thompsonville has the higher median home value ($85,700 vs $60,000 in West City).

Population, income & housing

	Thompsonville	West City
Population	475	612
Median age	39.4 yrs	39.7 yrs
Median household income	$46,023	$48,672
Median home value	$85,700	$60,000
Median gross rent	$708	$867
Housing units	303	301
Homeownership rate	60.0%	61.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.1%	13.5%
Unemployment rate	8.3%	8.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Thompsonville	West City
Population	496 → 475 (-4.2%)	772 → 612 (-20.7%)
Median household income	$32,604 → $46,023 (+41.2%)	$42,125 → $48,672 (+15.5%)
Median home value	$73,900 → $85,700 (+16.0%)	$71,300 → $60,000 (-15.8%)
Median gross rent	$654 → $708 (+8.3%)	$661 → $867 (+31.2%)

Thompsonville

Population

496475

Median household income

$32,604$46,023

Median home value

$73,900$85,700

Median gross rent

$654$708

West City

Population

772612

Median household income

$42,125$48,672

Median home value

$71,300$60,000

Median gross rent

$661$867

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Thompsonville	West City
Under 5	14.9%	7.4%
5 to 17	8.4%	15.4%
18 to 24	12.4%	10.6%
25 to 34	11.4%	10.3%
35 to 44	12.0%	10.0%
45 to 54	10.9%	8.7%
55 to 64	10.3%	19.4%
65 to 74	8.0%	8.8%
75 and over	11.6%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Thompsonville	West City
White (non-Hispanic)	96.8%	93.5%
Black or African American	0.4%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	4.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Thompsonville	West City
No high school diploma	18.0%	8.1%
High school graduate	35.4%	44.6%
Some college or associate's	34.4%	33.8%
Bachelor's degree	7.5%	9.1%
Graduate or professional degree	4.6%	4.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Thompsonville	West City
Drove alone	80.2%	88.4%
Carpooled	14.5%	4.3%
Public transit	0.0%	3.4%
Walked	0.0%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.9%	2.6%
Other means	1.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Thompsonville	West City
1-unit, detached	60.1%	76.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	12.5%	10.0%
5 to 19 units	0.7%	1.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	26.7%	10.6%

Poverty & households

	Thompsonville	West City
Poverty rate	16.2%	26.0%
Average household size	2.07	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	33	19
Median year structure built	1977	1957