Cuba vs Lewistown

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

Cuba 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 979 in Cuba). Lewistown has the higher median household income ($49,022 vs $41,250 in Cuba). Lewistown has the higher median home value ($84,600 vs $61,900 in Cuba).

Population, income & housing

	Cuba	Lewistown
Population	979	1,828
Median age	47.6 yrs	44.2 yrs
Median household income	$41,250	$49,022
Median home value	$61,900	$84,600
Median gross rent	$881	$683
Housing units	522	1,042
Homeownership rate	78.1%	63.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.8%	14.3%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	10.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cuba	Lewistown
Population	1,133 → 979 (-13.6%)	2,316 → 1,828 (-21.1%)
Median household income	$43,333 → $41,250 (-4.8%)	$52,096 → $49,022 (-5.9%)
Median home value	$50,500 → $61,900 (+22.6%)	$81,600 → $84,600 (+3.7%)
Median gross rent	$686 → $881 (+28.4%)	$570 → $683 (+19.8%)

Cuba

Population

1,133979

Median household income

$43,333$41,250

Median home value

$50,500$61,900

Median gross rent

$686$881

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)

	Cuba	Lewistown
Under 5	4.4%	6.9%
5 to 17	14.2%	10.4%
18 to 24	8.8%	3.7%
25 to 34	13.5%	22.3%
35 to 44	7.0%	8.1%
45 to 54	16.0%	10.1%
55 to 64	16.3%	16.0%
65 to 74	12.5%	11.7%
75 and over	7.3%	10.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cuba	Lewistown
White (non-Hispanic)	90.4%	93.1%
Black or African American	3.0%	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	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.2%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	2.5%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cuba	Lewistown
No high school diploma	12.4%	7.8%
High school graduate	40.5%	47.1%
Some college or associate's	36.3%	30.9%
Bachelor's degree	9.7%	12.1%
Graduate or professional degree	1.1%	2.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cuba	Lewistown
Drove alone	79.9%	71.7%
Carpooled	7.7%	16.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	4.0%	3.9%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.7%	5.7%
Other means	0.0%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cuba	Lewistown
1-unit, detached	91.0%	81.9%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.7%
5 to 19 units	1.3%	3.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	7.2%
Mobile home & other	6.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Cuba	Lewistown
Poverty rate	19.4%	12.0%
Average household size	2.00	1.92
Mean commute (minutes)	34	37
Median year structure built	1955	1962