Papineau vs Thawville

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

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

Thawville has the higher population (200 vs 109 in Papineau). Papineau has the higher median household income ($64,000 vs $41,667 in Thawville). Thawville has the higher median home value ($87,500 vs $86,700 in Papineau).

Population, income & housing

	Papineau	Thawville
Population	109	200
Median age	41.6 yrs	43.2 yrs
Median household income	$64,000	$41,667
Median home value	$86,700	$87,500
Median gross rent	$720	$753
Housing units	50	129
Homeownership rate	75.0%	73.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.8%	7.7%
Unemployment rate	13.8%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Papineau	Thawville
Population	114 → 109 (-4.4%)	285 → 200 (-29.8%)
Median household income	$44,750 → $64,000 (+43.0%)	$43,750 → $41,667 (-4.8%)
Median home value	$92,500 → $86,700 (-6.3%)	$61,200 → $87,500 (+43.0%)
Median gross rent	$688 → $720 (+4.7%)	$529 → $753 (+42.3%)

Papineau

Population

114109

Median household income

$44,750$64,000

Median home value

$92,500$86,700

Median gross rent

$688$720

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)

	Papineau	Thawville
Under 5	11.9%	9.0%
5 to 17	2.8%	14.0%
18 to 24	19.3%	12.0%
25 to 34	5.5%	9.5%
35 to 44	11.9%	7.5%
45 to 54	12.8%	11.5%
55 to 64	9.2%	7.5%
65 to 74	26.6%	14.0%
75 and over	0.0%	15.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Papineau	Thawville
White (non-Hispanic)	88.1%	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	11.9%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	14.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Papineau	Thawville
No high school diploma	11.1%	11.5%
High school graduate	50.0%	41.5%
Some college or associate's	18.1%	39.2%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	5.4%
Graduate or professional degree	20.8%	2.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Papineau	Thawville
Drove alone	94.6%	82.7%
Carpooled	1.8%	4.0%
Public transit	3.6%	4.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	4.0%
Other means	0.0%	5.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Papineau	Thawville
1-unit, detached	82.0%	89.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	7.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	18.0%	3.1%

Poverty & households

	Papineau	Thawville
Poverty rate	17.4%	23.1%
Average household size	2.73	2.00
Mean commute (minutes)	19	25
Median year structure built	1955	1938