Hooppole vs Nekoma

A side-by-side comparison of Hooppole and Nekoma: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Hooppole has the higher population (174 vs 54 in Nekoma). Hooppole has the higher median household income ($41,927 vs $18,563 in Nekoma). Since 2019, Nekoma's population has grown faster (+12.5% vs -5.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Hooppole	Nekoma
Population	174	54
Median age	42.0 yrs	71.4 yrs
Median household income	$41,927	$18,563
Median home value	$75,000	—
Housing units	74	54
Homeownership rate	91.0%	81.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.5%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	—

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hooppole	Nekoma
Population	184 → 174 (-5.4%)	48 → 54 (+12.5%)
Median household income	$39,625 → $41,927 (+5.8%)	$16,012 → $18,563 (+15.9%)
Median home value	$57,200 → $75,000 (+31.1%)	—

Hooppole

Population

184174

Median household income

$39,625$41,927

Median home value

$57,200$75,000

Nekoma

Population

4854

Median household income

$16,012$18,563

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hooppole	Nekoma
Under 5	1.1%	0.0%
5 to 17	24.1%	0.0%
18 to 24	3.4%	0.0%
25 to 34	17.2%	0.0%
35 to 44	17.8%	0.0%
45 to 54	16.7%	0.0%
55 to 64	4.0%	0.0%
65 to 74	8.6%	92.6%
75 and over	6.9%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hooppole	Nekoma
White (non-Hispanic)	97.7%	81.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	18.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	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	1.7%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hooppole	Nekoma
No high school diploma	3.2%	0.0%
High school graduate	49.2%	0.0%
Some college or associate's	41.1%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree	6.5%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hooppole	Nekoma
Drove alone	81.1%	—
Carpooled	0.0%	—
Public transit	0.0%	—
Walked	0.0%	—
Bicycle	0.0%	—
Worked from home	12.2%	—
Other means	6.8%	—

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hooppole	Nekoma
1-unit, detached	100.0%	81.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	18.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Hooppole	Nekoma
Poverty rate	48.8%	0.0%
Average household size	2.60	—
Mean commute (minutes)	38	—
Median year structure built	1938	1938