Amboy vs Dixon

A side-by-side comparison of Amboy and Dixon: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Dixon has the higher population (15,166 vs 2,396 in Amboy). Amboy has the higher median household income ($76,667 vs $58,371 in Dixon). Amboy has the higher median home value ($132,600 vs $113,300 in Dixon).

Population, income & housing

	Amboy	Dixon
Population	2,396	15,166
Median age	48.2 yrs	41.7 yrs
Median household income	$76,667	$58,371
Median home value	$132,600	$113,300
Median gross rent	$880	$865
Housing units	1,120	6,359
Homeownership rate	73.9%	64.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.4%	17.2%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Amboy	Dixon
Population	2,421 → 2,396 (-1.0%)	15,433 → 15,166 (-1.7%)
Median household income	$52,330 → $76,667 (+46.5%)	$47,171 → $58,371 (+23.7%)
Median home value	$86,700 → $132,600 (+52.9%)	$90,700 → $113,300 (+24.9%)
Median gross rent	$737 → $880 (+19.4%)	$660 → $865 (+31.1%)

Amboy

Population

2,4212,396

Median household income

$52,330$76,667

Median home value

$86,700$132,600

Median gross rent

$737$880

Dixon

Population

15,43315,166

Median household income

$47,171$58,371

Median home value

$90,700$113,300

Median gross rent

$660$865

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Amboy	Dixon
Under 5	6.1%	4.1%
5 to 17	11.8%	14.8%
18 to 24	6.1%	5.6%
25 to 34	12.5%	16.3%
35 to 44	10.6%	13.6%
45 to 54	18.1%	12.0%
55 to 64	13.7%	14.8%
65 to 74	14.0%	10.0%
75 and over	7.1%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Amboy	Dixon
White (non-Hispanic)	94.5%	76.6%
Black or African American	0.3%	10.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	8.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Amboy	Dixon
No high school diploma	8.8%	12.8%
High school graduate	47.2%	36.1%
Some college or associate's	33.6%	33.9%
Bachelor's degree	9.1%	11.1%
Graduate or professional degree	1.4%	6.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Amboy	Dixon
Drove alone	93.4%	82.3%
Carpooled	3.0%	9.4%
Public transit	0.2%	1.2%
Walked	0.9%	1.6%
Bicycle	1.2%	0.2%
Worked from home	1.3%	4.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Amboy	Dixon
1-unit, detached	78.7%	72.2%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	11.4%	9.0%
5 to 19 units	3.8%	6.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.4%
Mobile home & other	5.5%	3.5%

Poverty & households

	Amboy	Dixon
Poverty rate	8.5%	17.9%
Average household size	2.40	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	28	20
Median year structure built	1953	1956