Plymouth vs West Point

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

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

Plymouth has the higher population (512 vs 244 in West Point). West Point has the higher median household income ($61,875 vs $39,750 in Plymouth). Plymouth has the higher median home value ($55,500 vs $42,500 in West Point).

Population, income & housing

	Plymouth	West Point
Population	512	244
Median age	45.6 yrs	35.7 yrs
Median household income	$39,750	$61,875
Median home value	$55,500	$42,500
Median gross rent	$796	—
Housing units	251	75
Homeownership rate	82.1%	88.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.0%	4.7%
Unemployment rate	20.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Plymouth	West Point
Population	445 → 512 (+15.1%)	195 → 244 (+25.1%)
Median household income	$38,750 → $39,750 (+2.6%)	$50,000 → $61,875 (+23.8%)
Median home value	$38,800 → $55,500 (+43.0%)	$39,300 → $42,500 (+8.1%)
Median gross rent	$636 → $796 (+25.2%)	$325 → $317 (-2.5%)

Plymouth

Population

445512

Median household income

$38,750$39,750

Median home value

$38,800$55,500

Median gross rent

$636$796

West Point

Population

195244

Median household income

$50,000$61,875

Median home value

$39,300$42,500

Median gross rent

$325$317

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Plymouth	West Point
Under 5	8.0%	3.7%
5 to 17	14.1%	29.9%
18 to 24	8.2%	5.7%
25 to 34	6.6%	4.9%
35 to 44	12.3%	23.4%
45 to 54	11.5%	4.1%
55 to 64	9.0%	16.4%
65 to 74	17.2%	11.9%
75 and over	13.1%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Plymouth	West Point
White (non-Hispanic)	91.0%	98.8%
Black or African American	2.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.9%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Plymouth	West Point
No high school diploma	17.4%	37.2%
High school graduate	41.2%	32.4%
Some college or associate's	32.5%	25.7%
Bachelor's degree	8.4%	1.4%
Graduate or professional degree	0.6%	3.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Plymouth	West Point
Drove alone	72.3%	81.0%
Carpooled	20.1%	1.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.6%	16.7%
Other means	0.0%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Plymouth	West Point
1-unit, detached	87.6%	94.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.4%	5.3%

Poverty & households

	Plymouth	West Point
Poverty rate	29.5%	10.2%
Average household size	2.29	3.44
Mean commute (minutes)	34	30
Median year structure built	1948	1938