Colona vs Geneseo

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

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

Geneseo has the higher population (6,577 vs 5,189 in Colona). Colona has the higher median household income ($76,558 vs $65,226 in Geneseo). Geneseo has the higher median home value ($196,400 vs $152,100 in Colona).

Population, income & housing

	Colona	Geneseo
Population	5,189	6,577
Median age	40.8 yrs	45.3 yrs
Median household income	$76,558	$65,226
Median home value	$152,100	$196,400
Median gross rent	$881	$952
Housing units	2,342	3,223
Homeownership rate	83.1%	72.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.6%	33.4%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Colona	Geneseo
Population	5,096 → 5,189 (+1.8%)	6,599 → 6,577 (-0.3%)
Median household income	$67,647 → $76,558 (+13.2%)	$62,967 → $65,226 (+3.6%)
Median home value	$123,700 → $152,100 (+23.0%)	$144,900 → $196,400 (+35.5%)
Median gross rent	$815 → $881 (+8.1%)	$726 → $952 (+31.1%)

Colona

Population

5,0965,189

Median household income

$67,647$76,558

Median home value

$123,700$152,100

Median gross rent

$815$881

Geneseo

Population

6,5996,577

Median household income

$62,967$65,226

Median home value

$144,900$196,400

Median gross rent

$726$952

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Colona	Geneseo
Under 5	4.2%	3.1%
5 to 17	16.9%	19.3%
18 to 24	8.1%	4.8%
25 to 34	11.4%	11.9%
35 to 44	16.3%	10.4%
45 to 54	13.2%	13.6%
55 to 64	15.0%	10.4%
65 to 74	8.6%	12.1%
75 and over	6.3%	14.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Colona	Geneseo
White (non-Hispanic)	87.1%	89.4%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.9%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	8.7%	6.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Colona	Geneseo
No high school diploma	9.1%	3.9%
High school graduate	44.3%	31.1%
Some college or associate's	29.1%	31.6%
Bachelor's degree	15.9%	20.6%
Graduate or professional degree	1.7%	12.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Colona	Geneseo
Drove alone	84.7%	88.4%
Carpooled	7.4%	5.0%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.7%	5.7%
Other means	0.9%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Colona	Geneseo
1-unit, detached	89.4%	75.2%
1-unit, attached	3.8%	2.9%
2 to 4 units	2.7%	14.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.7%
Mobile home & other	4.2%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Colona	Geneseo
Poverty rate	3.1%	2.7%
Average household size	2.46	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	24	19
Median year structure built	1968	1962