Donovan vs Wellington

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

Donovan and Wellington 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 204 in Wellington). Donovan has the higher median household income ($49,038 vs $46,979 in Wellington). Donovan has the higher median home value ($87,700 vs $73,900 in Wellington).

Population, income & housing

	Donovan	Wellington
Population	254	204
Median age	33.5 yrs	42.0 yrs
Median household income	$49,038	$46,979
Median home value	$87,700	$73,900
Median gross rent	$1,056	—
Housing units	97	103
Homeownership rate	76.3%	88.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.7%	7.5%
Unemployment rate	17.6%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Donovan	Wellington
Population	232 → 254 (+9.5%)	275 → 204 (-25.8%)
Median household income	$38,000 → $49,038 (+29.0%)	$39,583 → $46,979 (+18.7%)
Median home value	$72,900 → $87,700 (+20.3%)	$58,800 → $73,900 (+25.7%)
Median gross rent	$675 → $1,056 (+56.4%)	$617 → $789 (+27.9%)

Donovan

Population

232254

Median household income

$38,000$49,038

Median home value

$72,900$87,700

Median gross rent

$675$1,056

Wellington

Population

275204

Median household income

$39,583$46,979

Median home value

$58,800$73,900

Median gross rent

$617$789

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Donovan	Wellington
Under 5	5.1%	8.8%
5 to 17	26.4%	9.8%
18 to 24	3.1%	9.3%
25 to 34	16.5%	15.7%
35 to 44	16.9%	8.8%
45 to 54	10.6%	11.3%
55 to 64	9.4%	13.2%
65 to 74	8.3%	15.2%
75 and over	3.5%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Donovan	Wellington
White (non-Hispanic)	89.8%	88.2%
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%	7.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	3.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Donovan	Wellington
No high school diploma	3.6%	8.2%
High school graduate	46.4%	44.9%
Some college or associate's	37.3%	39.5%
Bachelor's degree	9.0%	7.5%
Graduate or professional degree	3.6%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Donovan	Wellington
Drove alone	79.4%	88.4%
Carpooled	15.5%	4.2%
Public transit	1.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.1%	7.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Donovan	Wellington
1-unit, detached	92.8%	98.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
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%	1.9%

Poverty & households

	Donovan	Wellington
Poverty rate	14.1%	13.7%
Average household size	3.34	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	48	39
Median year structure built	1938	1963