Astoria vs Lewistown

A side-by-side comparison of Astoria and Lewistown: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lewistown has the higher population (1,828 vs 1,094 in Astoria). Astoria has the higher median household income ($49,345 vs $49,022 in Lewistown). Lewistown has the higher median home value ($84,600 vs $63,700 in Astoria).

Population, income & housing

	Astoria	Lewistown
Population	1,094	1,828
Median age	31.8 yrs	44.2 yrs
Median household income	$49,345	$49,022
Median home value	$63,700	$84,600
Median gross rent	$668	$683
Housing units	616	1,042
Homeownership rate	70.0%	63.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.7%	14.3%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	10.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Astoria	Lewistown
Population	993 → 1,094 (+10.2%)	2,316 → 1,828 (-21.1%)
Median household income	$36,685 → $49,345 (+34.5%)	$52,096 → $49,022 (-5.9%)
Median home value	$48,000 → $63,700 (+32.7%)	$81,600 → $84,600 (+3.7%)
Median gross rent	$425 → $668 (+57.2%)	$570 → $683 (+19.8%)

Astoria

Population

9931,094

Median household income

$36,685$49,345

Median home value

$48,000$63,700

Median gross rent

$425$668

Lewistown

Population

2,3161,828

Median household income

$52,096$49,022

Median home value

$81,600$84,600

Median gross rent

$570$683

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Astoria	Lewistown
Under 5	8.0%	6.9%
5 to 17	20.3%	10.4%
18 to 24	9.6%	3.7%
25 to 34	15.6%	22.3%
35 to 44	9.7%	8.1%
45 to 54	11.7%	10.1%
55 to 64	12.1%	16.0%
65 to 74	8.0%	11.7%
75 and over	5.0%	10.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Astoria	Lewistown
White (non-Hispanic)	93.6%	93.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	3.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.1%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Astoria	Lewistown
No high school diploma	9.7%	7.8%
High school graduate	37.9%	47.1%
Some college or associate's	36.6%	30.9%
Bachelor's degree	9.0%	12.1%
Graduate or professional degree	6.8%	2.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Astoria	Lewistown
Drove alone	69.7%	71.7%
Carpooled	15.7%	16.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	10.4%	3.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.5%	5.7%
Other means	0.8%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Astoria	Lewistown
1-unit, detached	86.7%	81.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	8.9%	6.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	7.2%
Mobile home & other	4.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Astoria	Lewistown
Poverty rate	14.9%	12.0%
Average household size	2.22	1.92
Mean commute (minutes)	27	37
Median year structure built	1963	1962