Biggsville vs Raritan

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

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

Biggsville has the higher population (298 vs 155 in Raritan). Raritan has the higher median household income ($77,361 vs $75,417 in Biggsville). Biggsville has the higher median home value ($83,600 vs $80,600 in Raritan).

Population, income & housing

	Biggsville	Raritan
Population	298	155
Median age	52.5 yrs	36.6 yrs
Median household income	$75,417	$77,361
Median home value	$83,600	$80,600
Median gross rent	$388	—
Housing units	154	51
Homeownership rate	90.5%	92.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.9%	11.9%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Biggsville	Raritan
Population	351 → 298 (-15.1%)	114 → 155 (+36.0%)
Median household income	$53,750 → $75,417 (+40.3%)	$63,250 → $77,361 (+22.3%)
Median home value	$86,700 → $83,600 (-3.6%)	$46,400 → $80,600 (+73.7%)
Median gross rent	$733 → $388 (-47.1%)	—

Biggsville

Population

351298

Median household income

$53,750$75,417

Median home value

$86,700$83,600

Median gross rent

$733$388

Raritan

Population

114155

Median household income

$63,250$77,361

Median home value

$46,400$80,600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Biggsville	Raritan
Under 5	3.7%	9.7%
5 to 17	9.7%	18.7%
18 to 24	10.7%	1.3%
25 to 34	13.8%	14.2%
35 to 44	8.7%	16.8%
45 to 54	11.1%	7.7%
55 to 64	12.1%	12.3%
65 to 74	13.8%	11.0%
75 and over	16.4%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Biggsville	Raritan
White (non-Hispanic)	97.3%	96.8%
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%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Biggsville	Raritan
No high school diploma	6.2%	3.7%
High school graduate	27.0%	31.2%
Some college or associate's	38.9%	53.2%
Bachelor's degree	21.7%	4.6%
Graduate or professional degree	6.2%	7.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Biggsville	Raritan
Drove alone	93.9%	93.5%
Carpooled	1.2%	0.0%
Public transit	1.2%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	6.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.6%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Biggsville	Raritan
1-unit, detached	90.9%	94.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.2%	5.9%

Poverty & households

	Biggsville	Raritan
Poverty rate	9.7%	4.5%
Average household size	2.18	3.04
Mean commute (minutes)	27	30
Median year structure built	1947	1948