Atkinson vs Colona

A side-by-side comparison of Atkinson and Colona: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Colona has the higher population (5,189 vs 988 in Atkinson). Colona has the higher median household income ($76,558 vs $53,712 in Atkinson). Colona has the higher median home value ($152,100 vs $116,900 in Atkinson).

Population, income & housing

	Atkinson	Colona
Population	988	5,189
Median age	45.1 yrs	40.8 yrs
Median household income	$53,712	$76,558
Median home value	$116,900	$152,100
Median gross rent	$725	$881
Housing units	538	2,342
Homeownership rate	76.6%	83.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.8%	17.6%
Unemployment rate	8.5%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Atkinson	Colona
Population	1,248 → 988 (-20.8%)	5,096 → 5,189 (+1.8%)
Median household income	$56,250 → $53,712 (-4.5%)	$67,647 → $76,558 (+13.2%)
Median home value	$102,400 → $116,900 (+14.2%)	$123,700 → $152,100 (+23.0%)
Median gross rent	$938 → $725 (-22.7%)	$815 → $881 (+8.1%)

Atkinson

Population

1,248988

Median household income

$56,250$53,712

Median home value

$102,400$116,900

Median gross rent

$938$725

Colona

Population

5,0965,189

Median household income

$67,647$76,558

Median home value

$123,700$152,100

Median gross rent

$815$881

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Atkinson	Colona
Under 5	2.2%	4.2%
5 to 17	14.5%	16.9%
18 to 24	7.0%	8.1%
25 to 34	16.3%	11.4%
35 to 44	9.9%	16.3%
45 to 54	9.3%	13.2%
55 to 64	15.1%	15.0%
65 to 74	17.3%	8.6%
75 and over	8.4%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Atkinson	Colona
White (non-Hispanic)	90.7%	87.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.7%
Two or more races	7.3%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	8.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Atkinson	Colona
No high school diploma	7.4%	9.1%
High school graduate	50.5%	44.3%
Some college or associate's	34.2%	29.1%
Bachelor's degree	6.0%	15.9%
Graduate or professional degree	1.9%	1.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Atkinson	Colona
Drove alone	72.6%	84.7%
Carpooled	19.2%	7.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	2.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.9%	6.7%
Other means	1.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Atkinson	Colona
1-unit, detached	86.1%	89.4%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	3.8%
2 to 4 units	10.0%	2.7%
5 to 19 units	1.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.9%	4.2%

Poverty & households

	Atkinson	Colona
Poverty rate	7.2%	3.1%
Average household size	1.88	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	22	24
Median year structure built	1954	1968