Lewistown vs Vermont

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

Lewistown and Vermont 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 629 in Vermont). Lewistown has the higher median household income ($49,022 vs $47,115 in Vermont). Lewistown has the higher median home value ($84,600 vs $55,500 in Vermont).

Population, income & housing

	Lewistown	Vermont
Population	1,828	629
Median age	44.2 yrs	47.8 yrs
Median household income	$49,022	$47,115
Median home value	$84,600	$55,500
Median gross rent	$683	$456
Housing units	1,042	339
Homeownership rate	63.6%	81.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.3%	8.8%
Unemployment rate	10.6%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lewistown	Vermont
Population	2,316 → 1,828 (-21.1%)	818 → 629 (-23.1%)
Median household income	$52,096 → $49,022 (-5.9%)	$51,484 → $47,115 (-8.5%)
Median home value	$81,600 → $84,600 (+3.7%)	$51,600 → $55,500 (+7.6%)
Median gross rent	$570 → $683 (+19.8%)	$717 → $456 (-36.4%)

Lewistown

Population

2,3161,828

Median household income

$52,096$49,022

Median home value

$81,600$84,600

Median gross rent

$570$683

Vermont

Population

818629

Median household income

$51,484$47,115

Median home value

$51,600$55,500

Median gross rent

$717$456

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lewistown	Vermont
Under 5	6.9%	1.6%
5 to 17	10.4%	14.3%
18 to 24	3.7%	6.5%
25 to 34	22.3%	9.2%
35 to 44	8.1%	16.4%
45 to 54	10.1%	16.4%
55 to 64	16.0%	18.1%
65 to 74	11.7%	12.9%
75 and over	10.7%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lewistown	Vermont
White (non-Hispanic)	93.1%	98.7%
Black or African American	0.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	3.1%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.8%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lewistown	Vermont
No high school diploma	7.8%	6.8%
High school graduate	47.1%	46.9%
Some college or associate's	30.9%	37.5%
Bachelor's degree	12.1%	5.3%
Graduate or professional degree	2.2%	3.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lewistown	Vermont
Drove alone	71.7%	81.7%
Carpooled	16.5%	5.6%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	3.9%	6.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.7%	4.2%
Other means	2.0%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lewistown	Vermont
1-unit, detached	81.9%	82.6%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.7%	8.0%
5 to 19 units	3.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	7.2%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	9.1%

Poverty & households

	Lewistown	Vermont
Poverty rate	12.0%	15.3%
Average household size	1.92	2.06
Mean commute (minutes)	37	28
Median year structure built	1962	1940