Media vs Raritan

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

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

Raritan has the higher population (155 vs 99 in Media). Raritan has the higher median household income ($77,361 vs $65,833 in Media). Media has the higher median home value ($81,000 vs $80,600 in Raritan).

Population, income & housing

	Media	Raritan
Population	99	155
Median age	52.4 yrs	36.6 yrs
Median household income	$65,833	$77,361
Median home value	$81,000	$80,600
Housing units	48	51
Homeownership rate	87.0%	92.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.9%	11.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Media	Raritan
Population	107 → 99 (-7.5%)	114 → 155 (+36.0%)
Median household income	$72,250 → $65,833 (-8.9%)	$63,250 → $77,361 (+22.3%)
Median home value	$85,600 → $81,000 (-5.4%)	$46,400 → $80,600 (+73.7%)
Median gross rent	$700 → $825 (+17.9%)	—

Media

Population

10799

Median household income

$72,250$65,833

Median home value

$85,600$81,000

Median gross rent

$700$825

Raritan

Population

114155

Median household income

$63,250$77,361

Median home value

$46,400$80,600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Media	Raritan
Under 5	6.1%	9.7%
5 to 17	8.1%	18.7%
18 to 24	3.0%	1.3%
25 to 34	16.2%	14.2%
35 to 44	8.1%	16.8%
45 to 54	21.2%	7.7%
55 to 64	20.2%	12.3%
65 to 74	10.1%	11.0%
75 and over	7.1%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Media	Raritan
White (non-Hispanic)	89.9%	96.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	10.1%	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	0.0%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Media	Raritan
No high school diploma	15.9%	3.7%
High school graduate	46.3%	31.2%
Some college or associate's	22.0%	53.2%
Bachelor's degree	8.5%	4.6%
Graduate or professional degree	7.3%	7.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Media	Raritan
Drove alone	93.1%	93.5%
Carpooled	6.9%	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)

	Media	Raritan
1-unit, detached	95.8%	94.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.2%	5.9%

Poverty & households

	Media	Raritan
Poverty rate	10.1%	4.5%
Average household size	2.15	3.04
Mean commute (minutes)	27	30
Median year structure built	1938	1948