North Utica vs Seneca

A side-by-side comparison of North Utica and Seneca: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Seneca has the higher population (2,525 vs 1,215 in North Utica). North Utica has the higher median household income ($99,722 vs $91,065 in Seneca). North Utica has the higher median home value ($212,000 vs $206,400 in Seneca).

Population, income & housing

	North Utica	Seneca
Population	1,215	2,525
Median age	44.2 yrs	35.2 yrs
Median household income	$99,722	$91,065
Median home value	$212,000	$206,400
Median gross rent	$1,239	$988
Housing units	525	971
Homeownership rate	89.6%	76.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.4%	12.9%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	North Utica	Seneca
Population	1,338 → 1,215 (-9.2%)	2,442 → 2,525 (+3.4%)
Median household income	$68,750 → $99,722 (+45.1%)	$72,273 → $91,065 (+26.0%)
Median home value	$190,300 → $212,000 (+11.4%)	$161,000 → $206,400 (+28.2%)
Median gross rent	$888 → $1,239 (+39.5%)	$741 → $988 (+33.3%)

North Utica

Population

1,3381,215

Median household income

$68,750$99,722

Median home value

$190,300$212,000

Median gross rent

$888$1,239

Seneca

Population

2,4422,525

Median household income

$72,273$91,065

Median home value

$161,000$206,400

Median gross rent

$741$988

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	North Utica	Seneca
Under 5	6.6%	8.4%
5 to 17	17.0%	19.4%
18 to 24	3.6%	7.0%
25 to 34	8.6%	15.0%
35 to 44	16.1%	6.4%
45 to 54	14.2%	12.1%
55 to 64	17.8%	20.8%
65 to 74	9.5%	7.0%
75 and over	6.6%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	North Utica	Seneca
White (non-Hispanic)	93.4%	88.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.1%
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	3.0%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	3.6%	6.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	North Utica	Seneca
No high school diploma	6.4%	5.3%
High school graduate	33.7%	40.8%
Some college or associate's	38.5%	41.0%
Bachelor's degree	14.5%	10.5%
Graduate or professional degree	6.9%	2.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	North Utica	Seneca
Drove alone	84.2%	77.5%
Carpooled	9.1%	10.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.8%	5.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.0%	6.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	North Utica	Seneca
1-unit, detached	93.0%	77.8%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	4.3%
2 to 4 units	0.8%	8.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.6%	6.7%

Poverty & households

	North Utica	Seneca
Poverty rate	5.0%	19.4%
Average household size	2.63	2.72
Mean commute (minutes)	28	30
Median year structure built	1981	1975