Geneseo vs Kewanee

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

Geneseo 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 6,577 in Geneseo). Geneseo has the higher median household income ($65,226 vs $49,668 in Kewanee). Geneseo has the higher median home value ($196,400 vs $70,000 in Kewanee).

Population, income & housing

	Geneseo	Kewanee
Population	6,577	12,280
Median age	45.3 yrs	43.6 yrs
Median household income	$65,226	$49,668
Median home value	$196,400	$70,000
Median gross rent	$952	$775
Housing units	3,223	5,948
Homeownership rate	72.5%	69.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.4%	15.1%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Geneseo	Kewanee
Population	6,599 → 6,577 (-0.3%)	12,547 → 12,280 (-2.1%)
Median household income	$62,967 → $65,226 (+3.6%)	$41,664 → $49,668 (+19.2%)
Median home value	$144,900 → $196,400 (+35.5%)	$60,000 → $70,000 (+16.7%)
Median gross rent	$726 → $952 (+31.1%)	$621 → $775 (+24.8%)

Geneseo

Population

6,5996,577

Median household income

$62,967$65,226

Median home value

$144,900$196,400

Median gross rent

$726$952

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)

	Geneseo	Kewanee
Under 5	3.1%	6.8%
5 to 17	19.3%	14.0%
18 to 24	4.8%	7.5%
25 to 34	11.9%	10.9%
35 to 44	10.4%	12.1%
45 to 54	13.6%	12.0%
55 to 64	10.4%	14.1%
65 to 74	12.1%	13.5%
75 and over	14.5%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Geneseo	Kewanee
White (non-Hispanic)	89.4%	78.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	6.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	3.0%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	6.8%	11.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Geneseo	Kewanee
No high school diploma	3.9%	16.6%
High school graduate	31.1%	37.2%
Some college or associate's	31.6%	31.1%
Bachelor's degree	20.6%	10.5%
Graduate or professional degree	12.8%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Geneseo	Kewanee
Drove alone	88.4%	78.3%
Carpooled	5.0%	9.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	4.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	5.7%	6.1%
Other means	0.1%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Geneseo	Kewanee
1-unit, detached	75.2%	82.6%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	14.8%	5.3%
5 to 19 units	1.8%	4.4%
20 or more units	4.7%	4.8%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	2.6%

Poverty & households

	Geneseo	Kewanee
Poverty rate	2.7%	15.1%
Average household size	2.17	2.23
Mean commute (minutes)	19	18
Median year structure built	1962	1948