Donovan vs Loda

A side-by-side comparison of Donovan and Loda: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Loda has the higher population (289 vs 254 in Donovan). Loda has the higher median household income ($61,250 vs $49,038 in Donovan). Loda has the higher median home value ($96,300 vs $87,700 in Donovan).

Population, income & housing

	Donovan	Loda
Population	254	289
Median age	33.5 yrs	38.2 yrs
Median household income	$49,038	$61,250
Median home value	$87,700	$96,300
Median gross rent	$1,056	—
Housing units	97	142
Homeownership rate	76.3%	90.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.7%	17.5%
Unemployment rate	17.6%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Donovan	Loda
Population	232 → 254 (+9.5%)	316 → 289 (-8.5%)
Median household income	$38,000 → $49,038 (+29.0%)	$45,417 → $61,250 (+34.9%)
Median home value	$72,900 → $87,700 (+20.3%)	$81,000 → $96,300 (+18.9%)
Median gross rent	$675 → $1,056 (+56.4%)	$567 → $540 (-4.8%)

Donovan

Population

232254

Median household income

$38,000$49,038

Median home value

$72,900$87,700

Median gross rent

$675$1,056

Loda

Population

316289

Median household income

$45,417$61,250

Median home value

$81,000$96,300

Median gross rent

$567$540

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Donovan	Loda
Under 5	5.1%	5.2%
5 to 17	26.4%	23.9%
18 to 24	3.1%	5.5%
25 to 34	16.5%	7.3%
35 to 44	16.9%	18.7%
45 to 54	10.6%	9.0%
55 to 64	9.4%	13.1%
65 to 74	8.3%	11.4%
75 and over	3.5%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Donovan	Loda
White (non-Hispanic)	89.8%	90.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
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	9.4%	6.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	3.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Donovan	Loda
No high school diploma	3.6%	9.0%
High school graduate	46.4%	48.7%
Some college or associate's	37.3%	24.9%
Bachelor's degree	9.0%	14.3%
Graduate or professional degree	3.6%	3.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Donovan	Loda
Drove alone	79.4%	67.4%
Carpooled	15.5%	13.6%
Public transit	1.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.1%	3.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.1%	8.3%
Other means	0.0%	6.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Donovan	Loda
1-unit, detached	92.8%	81.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.1%	3.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.1%	15.5%

Poverty & households

	Donovan	Loda
Poverty rate	14.1%	14.9%
Average household size	3.34	2.63
Mean commute (minutes)	48	28
Median year structure built	1938	1968