Nauvoo vs Plymouth

A side-by-side comparison of Nauvoo and Plymouth: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Nauvoo has the higher population (911 vs 512 in Plymouth). Nauvoo has the higher median household income ($49,750 vs $39,750 in Plymouth). Nauvoo has the higher median home value ($118,000 vs $55,500 in Plymouth).

Population, income & housing

	Nauvoo	Plymouth
Population	911	512
Median age	41.6 yrs	45.6 yrs
Median household income	$49,750	$39,750
Median home value	$118,000	$55,500
Median gross rent	$800	$796
Housing units	618	251
Homeownership rate	81.0%	82.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.6%	9.0%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	20.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Nauvoo	Plymouth
Population	990 → 911 (-8.0%)	445 → 512 (+15.1%)
Median household income	$53,370 → $49,750 (-6.8%)	$38,750 → $39,750 (+2.6%)
Median home value	$103,300 → $118,000 (+14.2%)	$38,800 → $55,500 (+43.0%)
Median gross rent	$696 → $800 (+14.9%)	$636 → $796 (+25.2%)

Nauvoo

Population

990911

Median household income

$53,370$49,750

Median home value

$103,300$118,000

Median gross rent

$696$800

Plymouth

Population

445512

Median household income

$38,750$39,750

Median home value

$38,800$55,500

Median gross rent

$636$796

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Nauvoo	Plymouth
Under 5	3.5%	8.0%
5 to 17	19.1%	14.1%
18 to 24	7.8%	8.2%
25 to 34	10.1%	6.6%
35 to 44	14.8%	12.3%
45 to 54	2.9%	11.5%
55 to 64	9.2%	9.0%
65 to 74	22.2%	17.2%
75 and over	10.4%	13.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Nauvoo	Plymouth
White (non-Hispanic)	96.7%	91.0%
Black or African American	0.8%	2.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	2.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.1%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	3.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Nauvoo	Plymouth
No high school diploma	2.1%	17.4%
High school graduate	41.2%	41.2%
Some college or associate's	34.2%	32.5%
Bachelor's degree	14.5%	8.4%
Graduate or professional degree	8.0%	0.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Nauvoo	Plymouth
Drove alone	77.0%	72.3%
Carpooled	1.1%	20.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	13.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.2%	7.6%
Other means	1.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Nauvoo	Plymouth
1-unit, detached	75.6%	87.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	19.1%	1.6%
5 to 19 units	2.8%	1.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.2%
Mobile home & other	2.6%	6.4%

Poverty & households

	Nauvoo	Plymouth
Poverty rate	32.8%	29.5%
Average household size	2.71	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	26	34
Median year structure built	1965	1948