Donovan vs Thawville

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

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

Donovan has the higher population (254 vs 200 in Thawville). Donovan has the higher median household income ($49,038 vs $41,667 in Thawville). Donovan has the higher median home value ($87,700 vs $87,500 in Thawville).

Population, income & housing

	Donovan	Thawville
Population	254	200
Median age	33.5 yrs	43.2 yrs
Median household income	$49,038	$41,667
Median home value	$87,700	$87,500
Median gross rent	$1,056	$753
Housing units	97	129
Homeownership rate	76.3%	73.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.7%	7.7%
Unemployment rate	17.6%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Donovan	Thawville
Population	232 → 254 (+9.5%)	285 → 200 (-29.8%)
Median household income	$38,000 → $49,038 (+29.0%)	$43,750 → $41,667 (-4.8%)
Median home value	$72,900 → $87,700 (+20.3%)	$61,200 → $87,500 (+43.0%)
Median gross rent	$675 → $1,056 (+56.4%)	$529 → $753 (+42.3%)

Donovan

Population

232254

Median household income

$38,000$49,038

Median home value

$72,900$87,700

Median gross rent

$675$1,056

Thawville

Population

285200

Median household income

$43,750$41,667

Median home value

$61,200$87,500

Median gross rent

$529$753

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Donovan	Thawville
Under 5	5.1%	9.0%
5 to 17	26.4%	14.0%
18 to 24	3.1%	12.0%
25 to 34	16.5%	9.5%
35 to 44	16.9%	7.5%
45 to 54	10.6%	11.5%
55 to 64	9.4%	7.5%
65 to 74	8.3%	14.0%
75 and over	3.5%	15.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Donovan	Thawville
White (non-Hispanic)	89.8%	81.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	9.4%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	14.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Donovan	Thawville
No high school diploma	3.6%	11.5%
High school graduate	46.4%	41.5%
Some college or associate's	37.3%	39.2%
Bachelor's degree	9.0%	5.4%
Graduate or professional degree	3.6%	2.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Donovan	Thawville
Drove alone	79.4%	82.7%
Carpooled	15.5%	4.0%
Public transit	1.0%	4.0%
Walked	2.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.1%	4.0%
Other means	0.0%	5.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Donovan	Thawville
1-unit, detached	92.8%	89.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	7.0%
2 to 4 units	4.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.1%	3.1%

Poverty & households

	Donovan	Thawville
Poverty rate	14.1%	23.1%
Average household size	3.34	2.00
Mean commute (minutes)	48	25
Median year structure built	1938	1938