Dixon vs Paw Paw

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

Dixon and Paw Paw 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 911 in Paw Paw). Paw Paw has the higher median household income ($63,833 vs $58,371 in Dixon). Paw Paw has the higher median home value ($151,100 vs $113,300 in Dixon).

Population, income & housing

	Dixon	Paw Paw
Population	15,166	911
Median age	41.7 yrs	36.6 yrs
Median household income	$58,371	$63,833
Median home value	$113,300	$151,100
Median gross rent	$865	$847
Housing units	6,359	427
Homeownership rate	64.3%	71.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.2%	12.7%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dixon	Paw Paw
Population	15,433 → 15,166 (-1.7%)	915 → 911 (-0.4%)
Median household income	$47,171 → $58,371 (+23.7%)	$53,500 → $63,833 (+19.3%)
Median home value	$90,700 → $113,300 (+24.9%)	$114,600 → $151,100 (+31.8%)
Median gross rent	$660 → $865 (+31.1%)	$672 → $847 (+26.0%)

Dixon

Population

15,43315,166

Median household income

$47,171$58,371

Median home value

$90,700$113,300

Median gross rent

$660$865

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)

	Dixon	Paw Paw
Under 5	4.1%	4.8%
5 to 17	14.8%	17.0%
18 to 24	5.6%	4.6%
25 to 34	16.3%	20.2%
35 to 44	13.6%	12.1%
45 to 54	12.0%	10.3%
55 to 64	14.8%	13.1%
65 to 74	10.0%	13.3%
75 and over	8.7%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dixon	Paw Paw
White (non-Hispanic)	76.6%	97.4%
Black or African American	10.9%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	8.9%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dixon	Paw Paw
No high school diploma	12.8%	3.6%
High school graduate	36.1%	35.5%
Some college or associate's	33.9%	48.2%
Bachelor's degree	11.1%	8.5%
Graduate or professional degree	6.1%	4.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dixon	Paw Paw
Drove alone	82.3%	86.6%
Carpooled	9.4%	4.5%
Public transit	1.2%	0.0%
Walked	1.6%	4.2%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.5%
Worked from home	4.5%	4.2%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dixon	Paw Paw
1-unit, detached	72.2%	80.6%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	4.0%
2 to 4 units	9.0%	4.2%
5 to 19 units	6.5%	11.2%
20 or more units	6.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Dixon	Paw Paw
Poverty rate	17.9%	5.4%
Average household size	2.16	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	20	38
Median year structure built	1956	1961