Colona vs Kewanee

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

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

Kewanee has the higher population (12,280 vs 5,189 in Colona). Colona has the higher median household income ($76,558 vs $49,668 in Kewanee). Colona has the higher median home value ($152,100 vs $70,000 in Kewanee).

Population, income & housing

	Colona	Kewanee
Population	5,189	12,280
Median age	40.8 yrs	43.6 yrs
Median household income	$76,558	$49,668
Median home value	$152,100	$70,000
Median gross rent	$881	$775
Housing units	2,342	5,948
Homeownership rate	83.1%	69.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.6%	15.1%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Colona	Kewanee
Population	5,096 → 5,189 (+1.8%)	12,547 → 12,280 (-2.1%)
Median household income	$67,647 → $76,558 (+13.2%)	$41,664 → $49,668 (+19.2%)
Median home value	$123,700 → $152,100 (+23.0%)	$60,000 → $70,000 (+16.7%)
Median gross rent	$815 → $881 (+8.1%)	$621 → $775 (+24.8%)

Colona

Population

5,0965,189

Median household income

$67,647$76,558

Median home value

$123,700$152,100

Median gross rent

$815$881

Kewanee

Population

12,54712,280

Median household income

$41,664$49,668

Median home value

$60,000$70,000

Median gross rent

$621$775

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Colona	Kewanee
Under 5	4.2%	6.8%
5 to 17	16.9%	14.0%
18 to 24	8.1%	7.5%
25 to 34	11.4%	10.9%
35 to 44	16.3%	12.1%
45 to 54	13.2%	12.0%
55 to 64	15.0%	14.1%
65 to 74	8.6%	13.5%
75 and over	6.3%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Colona	Kewanee
White (non-Hispanic)	87.1%	78.1%
Black or African American	0.4%	6.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.6%
Two or more races	2.9%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	8.7%	11.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Colona	Kewanee
No high school diploma	9.1%	16.6%
High school graduate	44.3%	37.2%
Some college or associate's	29.1%	31.1%
Bachelor's degree	15.9%	10.5%
Graduate or professional degree	1.7%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Colona	Kewanee
Drove alone	84.7%	78.3%
Carpooled	7.4%	9.1%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	4.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	6.7%	6.1%
Other means	0.9%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Colona	Kewanee
1-unit, detached	89.4%	82.6%
1-unit, attached	3.8%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	2.7%	5.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.8%
Mobile home & other	4.2%	2.6%

Poverty & households

	Colona	Kewanee
Poverty rate	3.1%	15.1%
Average household size	2.46	2.23
Mean commute (minutes)	24	18
Median year structure built	1968	1948