Nauvoo vs Warsaw

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

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

Warsaw has the higher population (1,511 vs 911 in Nauvoo). Warsaw has the higher median household income ($58,074 vs $49,750 in Nauvoo). Nauvoo has the higher median home value ($118,000 vs $90,700 in Warsaw).

Population, income & housing

	Nauvoo	Warsaw
Population	911	1,511
Median age	41.6 yrs	46.4 yrs
Median household income	$49,750	$58,074
Median home value	$118,000	$90,700
Median gross rent	$800	$769
Housing units	618	810
Homeownership rate	81.0%	80.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.6%	19.2%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	13.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Nauvoo	Warsaw
Population	990 → 911 (-8.0%)	1,690 → 1,511 (-10.6%)
Median household income	$53,370 → $49,750 (-6.8%)	$54,758 → $58,074 (+6.1%)
Median home value	$103,300 → $118,000 (+14.2%)	$82,700 → $90,700 (+9.7%)
Median gross rent	$696 → $800 (+14.9%)	$631 → $769 (+21.9%)

Nauvoo

Population

990911

Median household income

$53,370$49,750

Median home value

$103,300$118,000

Median gross rent

$696$800

Warsaw

Population

1,6901,511

Median household income

$54,758$58,074

Median home value

$82,700$90,700

Median gross rent

$631$769

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Nauvoo	Warsaw
Under 5	3.5%	4.0%
5 to 17	19.1%	20.5%
18 to 24	7.8%	1.9%
25 to 34	10.1%	11.1%
35 to 44	14.8%	10.8%
45 to 54	2.9%	8.3%
55 to 64	9.2%	13.8%
65 to 74	22.2%	23.1%
75 and over	10.4%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Nauvoo	Warsaw
White (non-Hispanic)	96.7%	96.6%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.1%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Nauvoo	Warsaw
No high school diploma	2.1%	7.2%
High school graduate	41.2%	36.8%
Some college or associate's	34.2%	36.7%
Bachelor's degree	14.5%	12.3%
Graduate or professional degree	8.0%	6.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Nauvoo	Warsaw
Drove alone	77.0%	82.4%
Carpooled	1.1%	5.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	13.3%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.2%	10.3%
Other means	1.4%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Nauvoo	Warsaw
1-unit, detached	75.6%	83.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	19.1%	6.3%
5 to 19 units	2.8%	3.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.6%	4.7%

Poverty & households

	Nauvoo	Warsaw
Poverty rate	32.8%	11.5%
Average household size	2.71	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	26	26
Median year structure built	1965	1971