Paw Paw vs Steward

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

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

Paw Paw has the higher population (911 vs 268 in Steward). Steward has the higher median household income ($108,333 vs $63,833 in Paw Paw). Paw Paw has the higher median home value ($151,100 vs $151,000 in Steward).

Population, income & housing

	Paw Paw	Steward
Population	911	268
Median age	36.6 yrs	43.5 yrs
Median household income	$63,833	$108,333
Median home value	$151,100	$151,000
Median gross rent	$847	$1,281
Housing units	427	97
Homeownership rate	71.2%	91.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.7%	34.0%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Paw Paw	Steward
Population	915 → 911 (-0.4%)	307 → 268 (-12.7%)
Median household income	$53,500 → $63,833 (+19.3%)	$64,000 → $108,333 (+69.3%)
Median home value	$114,600 → $151,100 (+31.8%)	$100,000 → $151,000 (+51.0%)
Median gross rent	$672 → $847 (+26.0%)	$740 → $1,281 (+73.1%)

Paw Paw

Population

915911

Median household income

$53,500$63,833

Median home value

$114,600$151,100

Median gross rent

$672$847

Steward

Population

307268

Median household income

$64,000$108,333

Median home value

$100,000$151,000

Median gross rent

$740$1,281

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Paw Paw	Steward
Under 5	4.8%	5.2%
5 to 17	17.0%	13.8%
18 to 24	4.6%	8.6%
25 to 34	20.2%	12.7%
35 to 44	12.1%	10.4%
45 to 54	10.3%	10.4%
55 to 64	13.1%	24.3%
65 to 74	13.3%	9.0%
75 and over	4.6%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Paw Paw	Steward
White (non-Hispanic)	97.4%	89.9%
Black or African American	0.3%	2.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.1%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	6.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Paw Paw	Steward
No high school diploma	3.6%	6.7%
High school graduate	35.5%	26.3%
Some college or associate's	48.2%	33.0%
Bachelor's degree	8.5%	23.2%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	10.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Paw Paw	Steward
Drove alone	86.6%	86.4%
Carpooled	4.5%	8.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.2%	4.1%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.2%	0.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Paw Paw	Steward
1-unit, detached	80.6%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	4.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	11.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Paw Paw	Steward
Poverty rate	5.4%	1.9%
Average household size	2.48	2.98
Mean commute (minutes)	38	28
Median year structure built	1961	1938