Biggsville vs Lomax

A side-by-side comparison of Biggsville and Lomax: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lomax has the higher population (321 vs 298 in Biggsville). Biggsville has the higher median household income ($75,417 vs $51,875 in Lomax). Biggsville has the higher median home value ($83,600 vs $81,400 in Lomax).

Population, income & housing

	Biggsville	Lomax
Population	298	321
Median age	52.5 yrs	41.9 yrs
Median household income	$75,417	$51,875
Median home value	$83,600	$81,400
Median gross rent	$388	$825
Housing units	154	138
Homeownership rate	90.5%	83.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.9%	16.7%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Biggsville	Lomax
Population	351 → 298 (-15.1%)	396 → 321 (-18.9%)
Median household income	$53,750 → $75,417 (+40.3%)	$30,417 → $51,875 (+70.5%)
Median home value	$86,700 → $83,600 (-3.6%)	$66,500 → $81,400 (+22.4%)
Median gross rent	$733 → $388 (-47.1%)	$575 → $825 (+43.5%)

Biggsville

Population

351298

Median household income

$53,750$75,417

Median home value

$86,700$83,600

Median gross rent

$733$388

Lomax

Population

396321

Median household income

$30,417$51,875

Median home value

$66,500$81,400

Median gross rent

$575$825

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Biggsville	Lomax
Under 5	3.7%	7.2%
5 to 17	9.7%	17.8%
18 to 24	10.7%	6.2%
25 to 34	13.8%	12.5%
35 to 44	8.7%	12.8%
45 to 54	11.1%	6.9%
55 to 64	12.1%	11.8%
65 to 74	13.8%	18.7%
75 and over	16.4%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Biggsville	Lomax
White (non-Hispanic)	97.3%	85.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.0%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	14.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Biggsville	Lomax
No high school diploma	6.2%	6.3%
High school graduate	27.0%	45.7%
Some college or associate's	38.9%	31.2%
Bachelor's degree	21.7%	9.5%
Graduate or professional degree	6.2%	7.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Biggsville	Lomax
Drove alone	93.9%	89.5%
Carpooled	1.2%	10.5%
Public transit	1.2%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.6%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Biggsville	Lomax
1-unit, detached	90.9%	87.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.9%	3.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.2%	9.4%

Poverty & households

	Biggsville	Lomax
Poverty rate	9.7%	13.7%
Average household size	2.18	2.72
Mean commute (minutes)	27	33
Median year structure built	1947	1962