Lomax vs Raritan

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

Lomax and Raritan 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 155 in Raritan). Raritan has the higher median household income ($77,361 vs $51,875 in Lomax). Lomax has the higher median home value ($81,400 vs $80,600 in Raritan).

Population, income & housing

	Lomax	Raritan
Population	321	155
Median age	41.9 yrs	36.6 yrs
Median household income	$51,875	$77,361
Median home value	$81,400	$80,600
Median gross rent	$825	—
Housing units	138	51
Homeownership rate	83.9%	92.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.7%	11.9%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lomax	Raritan
Population	396 → 321 (-18.9%)	114 → 155 (+36.0%)
Median household income	$30,417 → $51,875 (+70.5%)	$63,250 → $77,361 (+22.3%)
Median home value	$66,500 → $81,400 (+22.4%)	$46,400 → $80,600 (+73.7%)
Median gross rent	$575 → $825 (+43.5%)	—

Lomax

Population

396321

Median household income

$30,417$51,875

Median home value

$66,500$81,400

Median gross rent

$575$825

Raritan

Population

114155

Median household income

$63,250$77,361

Median home value

$46,400$80,600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lomax	Raritan
Under 5	7.2%	9.7%
5 to 17	17.8%	18.7%
18 to 24	6.2%	1.3%
25 to 34	12.5%	14.2%
35 to 44	12.8%	16.8%
45 to 54	6.9%	7.7%
55 to 64	11.8%	12.3%
65 to 74	18.7%	11.0%
75 and over	6.2%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lomax	Raritan
White (non-Hispanic)	85.0%	96.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.9%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	14.0%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lomax	Raritan
No high school diploma	6.3%	3.7%
High school graduate	45.7%	31.2%
Some college or associate's	31.2%	53.2%
Bachelor's degree	9.5%	4.6%
Graduate or professional degree	7.2%	7.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lomax	Raritan
Drove alone	89.5%	93.5%
Carpooled	10.5%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	6.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lomax	Raritan
1-unit, detached	87.0%	94.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.4%	5.9%

Poverty & households

	Lomax	Raritan
Poverty rate	13.7%	4.5%
Average household size	2.72	3.04
Mean commute (minutes)	33	30
Median year structure built	1962	1948