Banner vs Smithfield

A side-by-side comparison of Banner and Smithfield: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Smithfield has the higher population (169 vs 148 in Banner). Smithfield has the higher median household income ($61,250 vs $36,250 in Banner). Banner has the higher median home value ($90,000 vs $52,000 in Smithfield).

Population, income & housing

	Banner	Smithfield
Population	148	169
Median age	52.6 yrs	48.1 yrs
Median household income	$36,250	$61,250
Median home value	$90,000	$52,000
Median gross rent	$708	—
Housing units	74	112
Homeownership rate	76.2%	96.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.4%	18.7%
Unemployment rate	9.4%	14.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Banner	Smithfield
Population	221 → 148 (-33.0%)	189 → 169 (-10.6%)
Median household income	$56,250 → $36,250 (-35.6%)	$40,250 → $61,250 (+52.2%)
Median home value	$67,500 → $90,000 (+33.3%)	$48,800 → $52,000 (+6.6%)
Median gross rent	$625 → $708 (+13.3%)	—

Banner

Population

221148

Median household income

$56,250$36,250

Median home value

$67,500$90,000

Median gross rent

$625$708

Smithfield

Population

189169

Median household income

$40,250$61,250

Median home value

$48,800$52,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Banner	Smithfield
Under 5	0.0%	1.8%
5 to 17	19.6%	17.8%
18 to 24	4.1%	7.7%
25 to 34	9.5%	3.6%
35 to 44	8.8%	14.2%
45 to 54	10.8%	16.0%
55 to 64	17.6%	16.6%
65 to 74	12.8%	13.6%
75 and over	16.9%	8.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Banner	Smithfield
White (non-Hispanic)	94.6%	99.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	3.4%	0.6%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Banner	Smithfield
No high school diploma	7.1%	8.1%
High school graduate	53.1%	50.4%
Some college or associate's	35.4%	22.8%
Bachelor's degree	3.5%	10.6%
Graduate or professional degree	0.9%	8.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Banner	Smithfield
Drove alone	62.5%	86.3%
Carpooled	8.3%	12.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.7%	0.0%
Other means	12.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Banner	Smithfield
1-unit, detached	77.0%	91.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	18.9%	8.9%

Poverty & households

	Banner	Smithfield
Poverty rate	37.8%	18.3%
Average household size	2.35	2.04
Mean commute (minutes)	47	39
Median year structure built	1961	1938