Williamsfield vs Yates City

A side-by-side comparison of Williamsfield and Yates City: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Yates City has the higher population (636 vs 500 in Williamsfield). Williamsfield has the higher median household income ($75,208 vs $61,500 in Yates City). Williamsfield has the higher median home value ($98,100 vs $94,600 in Yates City).

Population, income & housing

	Williamsfield	Yates City
Population	500	636
Median age	36.6 yrs	42.6 yrs
Median household income	$75,208	$61,500
Median home value	$98,100	$94,600
Median gross rent	$625	$625
Housing units	208	320
Homeownership rate	93.6%	81.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.1%	12.6%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Williamsfield	Yates City
Population	476 → 500 (+5.0%)	832 → 636 (-23.6%)
Median household income	$45,278 → $75,208 (+66.1%)	$49,904 → $61,500 (+23.2%)
Median home value	$77,500 → $98,100 (+26.6%)	$82,400 → $94,600 (+14.8%)
Median gross rent	$544 → $625 (+14.9%)	$728 → $625 (-14.1%)

Williamsfield

Population

476500

Median household income

$45,278$75,208

Median home value

$77,500$98,100

Median gross rent

$544$625

Yates City

Population

832636

Median household income

$49,904$61,500

Median home value

$82,400$94,600

Median gross rent

$728$625

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Williamsfield	Yates City
Under 5	6.0%	10.1%
5 to 17	24.0%	9.1%
18 to 24	7.2%	3.5%
25 to 34	8.4%	17.9%
35 to 44	13.6%	14.0%
45 to 54	15.0%	13.5%
55 to 64	5.8%	8.8%
65 to 74	14.4%	16.8%
75 and over	5.6%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Williamsfield	Yates City
White (non-Hispanic)	85.2%	91.8%
Black or African American	13.8%	3.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.1%
Two or more races	0.8%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Williamsfield	Yates City
No high school diploma	5.4%	6.7%
High school graduate	40.8%	40.9%
Some college or associate's	33.8%	39.8%
Bachelor's degree	16.2%	10.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	2.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Williamsfield	Yates City
Drove alone	87.4%	89.3%
Carpooled	2.2%	6.1%
Public transit	0.0%	1.2%
Walked	6.1%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.3%	2.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Williamsfield	Yates City
1-unit, detached	99.0%	92.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	7.8%
5 to 19 units	1.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Williamsfield	Yates City
Poverty rate	6.2%	5.6%
Average household size	2.61	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	25	33
Median year structure built	1969	1951