Avon vs Lewistown

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

Avon 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 670 in Avon). Lewistown has the higher median household income ($49,022 vs $45,500 in Avon). Lewistown has the higher median home value ($84,600 vs $60,000 in Avon).

Population, income & housing

	Avon	Lewistown
Population	670	1,828
Median age	43.3 yrs	44.2 yrs
Median household income	$45,500	$49,022
Median home value	$60,000	$84,600
Median gross rent	$750	$683
Housing units	392	1,042
Homeownership rate	82.4%	63.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.8%	14.3%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	10.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Avon	Lewistown
Population	614 → 670 (+9.1%)	2,316 → 1,828 (-21.1%)
Median household income	$44,615 → $45,500 (+2.0%)	$52,096 → $49,022 (-5.9%)
Median home value	$51,200 → $60,000 (+17.2%)	$81,600 → $84,600 (+3.7%)
Median gross rent	$573 → $750 (+30.9%)	$570 → $683 (+19.8%)

Avon

Population

614670

Median household income

$44,615$45,500

Median home value

$51,200$60,000

Median gross rent

$573$750

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)

	Avon	Lewistown
Under 5	6.3%	6.9%
5 to 17	23.1%	10.4%
18 to 24	3.9%	3.7%
25 to 34	5.8%	22.3%
35 to 44	16.4%	8.1%
45 to 54	13.6%	10.1%
55 to 64	16.1%	16.0%
65 to 74	5.5%	11.7%
75 and over	9.3%	10.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Avon	Lewistown
White (non-Hispanic)	98.2%	93.1%
Black or African American	0.6%	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	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.4%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Avon	Lewistown
No high school diploma	18.6%	7.8%
High school graduate	30.2%	47.1%
Some college or associate's	41.4%	30.9%
Bachelor's degree	8.7%	12.1%
Graduate or professional degree	1.1%	2.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Avon	Lewistown
Drove alone	82.1%	71.7%
Carpooled	8.1%	16.5%
Public transit	0.6%	0.3%
Walked	2.3%	3.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.9%	5.7%
Other means	4.0%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Avon	Lewistown
1-unit, detached	87.5%	81.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	4.8%	6.7%
5 to 19 units	2.8%	3.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	7.2%
Mobile home & other	4.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Avon	Lewistown
Poverty rate	25.2%	12.0%
Average household size	2.26	1.92
Mean commute (minutes)	25	37
Median year structure built	1950	1962