Amboy vs Paw Paw

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

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

Amboy has the higher population (2,396 vs 911 in Paw Paw). Amboy has the higher median household income ($76,667 vs $63,833 in Paw Paw). Paw Paw has the higher median home value ($151,100 vs $132,600 in Amboy).

Population, income & housing

	Amboy	Paw Paw
Population	2,396	911
Median age	48.2 yrs	36.6 yrs
Median household income	$76,667	$63,833
Median home value	$132,600	$151,100
Median gross rent	$880	$847
Housing units	1,120	427
Homeownership rate	73.9%	71.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.4%	12.7%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Amboy	Paw Paw
Population	2,421 → 2,396 (-1.0%)	915 → 911 (-0.4%)
Median household income	$52,330 → $76,667 (+46.5%)	$53,500 → $63,833 (+19.3%)
Median home value	$86,700 → $132,600 (+52.9%)	$114,600 → $151,100 (+31.8%)
Median gross rent	$737 → $880 (+19.4%)	$672 → $847 (+26.0%)

Amboy

Population

2,4212,396

Median household income

$52,330$76,667

Median home value

$86,700$132,600

Median gross rent

$737$880

Paw Paw

Population

915911

Median household income

$53,500$63,833

Median home value

$114,600$151,100

Median gross rent

$672$847

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Amboy	Paw Paw
Under 5	6.1%	4.8%
5 to 17	11.8%	17.0%
18 to 24	6.1%	4.6%
25 to 34	12.5%	20.2%
35 to 44	10.6%	12.1%
45 to 54	18.1%	10.3%
55 to 64	13.7%	13.1%
65 to 74	14.0%	13.3%
75 and over	7.1%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Amboy	Paw Paw
White (non-Hispanic)	94.5%	97.4%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.3%
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	2.2%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Amboy	Paw Paw
No high school diploma	8.8%	3.6%
High school graduate	47.2%	35.5%
Some college or associate's	33.6%	48.2%
Bachelor's degree	9.1%	8.5%
Graduate or professional degree	1.4%	4.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Amboy	Paw Paw
Drove alone	93.4%	86.6%
Carpooled	3.0%	4.5%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	4.2%
Bicycle	1.2%	0.5%
Worked from home	1.3%	4.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Amboy	Paw Paw
1-unit, detached	78.7%	80.6%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	4.0%
2 to 4 units	11.4%	4.2%
5 to 19 units	3.8%	11.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Amboy	Paw Paw
Poverty rate	8.5%	5.4%
Average household size	2.40	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	28	38
Median year structure built	1953	1961