Limestone vs Manteno

A side-by-side comparison of Limestone and Manteno: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Manteno has the higher population (8,942 vs 1,338 in Limestone). Manteno has the higher median household income ($96,057 vs $95,625 in Limestone). Manteno has the higher median home value ($241,700 vs $212,600 in Limestone).

Population, income & housing

	Limestone	Manteno
Population	1,338	8,942
Median age	41.8 yrs	47.1 yrs
Median household income	$95,625	$96,057
Median home value	$212,600	$241,700
Median gross rent	$1,577	$1,072
Housing units	600	4,033
Homeownership rate	95.4%	75.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.7%	25.0%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Limestone	Manteno
Population	1,570 → 1,338 (-14.8%)	8,539 → 8,942 (+4.7%)
Median household income	$73,625 → $95,625 (+29.9%)	$63,371 → $96,057 (+51.6%)
Median home value	$156,400 → $212,600 (+35.9%)	$177,500 → $241,700 (+36.2%)
Median gross rent	$798 → $1,577 (+97.6%)	$888 → $1,072 (+20.7%)

Limestone

Population

1,5701,338

Median household income

$73,625$95,625

Median home value

$156,400$212,600

Median gross rent

$798$1,577

Manteno

Population

8,5398,942

Median household income

$63,371$96,057

Median home value

$177,500$241,700

Median gross rent

$888$1,072

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Limestone	Manteno
Under 5	6.0%	2.8%
5 to 17	12.7%	18.8%
18 to 24	5.4%	4.9%
25 to 34	12.6%	8.0%
35 to 44	16.2%	13.0%
45 to 54	12.6%	11.3%
55 to 64	13.6%	15.0%
65 to 74	10.0%	15.7%
75 and over	10.8%	10.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Limestone	Manteno
White (non-Hispanic)	94.6%	86.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	4.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	1.1%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	4.3%	6.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Limestone	Manteno
No high school diploma	4.5%	4.0%
High school graduate	25.4%	35.1%
Some college or associate's	49.4%	35.9%
Bachelor's degree	12.6%	16.9%
Graduate or professional degree	8.1%	8.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Limestone	Manteno
Drove alone	81.8%	77.9%
Carpooled	4.6%	7.5%
Public transit	0.0%	1.4%
Walked	0.3%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.3%	12.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Limestone	Manteno
1-unit, detached	98.7%	55.9%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	13.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	7.4%
5 to 19 units	0.7%	8.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	12.3%

Poverty & households

	Limestone	Manteno
Poverty rate	5.7%	3.4%
Average household size	2.26	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	26	31
Median year structure built	1969	1993