Paw Paw vs Sublette

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

Paw Paw and Sublette 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 374 in Sublette). Paw Paw has the higher median household income ($63,833 vs $53,875 in Sublette). Paw Paw has the higher median home value ($151,100 vs $132,800 in Sublette).

Population, income & housing

	Paw Paw	Sublette
Population	911	374
Median age	36.6 yrs	41.1 yrs
Median household income	$63,833	$53,875
Median home value	$151,100	$132,800
Median gross rent	$847	$635
Housing units	427	211
Homeownership rate	71.2%	64.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.7%	21.7%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Paw Paw	Sublette
Population	915 → 911 (-0.4%)	415 → 374 (-9.9%)
Median household income	$53,500 → $63,833 (+19.3%)	$51,250 → $53,875 (+5.1%)
Median home value	$114,600 → $151,100 (+31.8%)	$125,400 → $132,800 (+5.9%)
Median gross rent	$672 → $847 (+26.0%)	$779 → $635 (-18.5%)

Paw Paw

Population

915911

Median household income

$53,500$63,833

Median home value

$114,600$151,100

Median gross rent

$672$847

Sublette

Population

415374

Median household income

$51,250$53,875

Median home value

$125,400$132,800

Median gross rent

$779$635

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Paw Paw	Sublette
Under 5	4.8%	1.9%
5 to 17	17.0%	13.4%
18 to 24	4.6%	4.5%
25 to 34	20.2%	23.3%
35 to 44	12.1%	9.4%
45 to 54	10.3%	10.4%
55 to 64	13.1%	15.8%
65 to 74	13.3%	11.2%
75 and over	4.6%	10.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Paw Paw	Sublette
White (non-Hispanic)	97.4%	77.0%
Black or African American	0.3%	1.6%
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	1.1%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	19.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Paw Paw	Sublette
No high school diploma	3.6%	8.0%
High school graduate	35.5%	36.7%
Some college or associate's	48.2%	33.7%
Bachelor's degree	8.5%	14.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	7.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Paw Paw	Sublette
Drove alone	86.6%	82.1%
Carpooled	4.5%	14.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.2%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.2%	1.0%
Other means	0.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Paw Paw	Sublette
1-unit, detached	80.6%	63.0%
1-unit, attached	4.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.2%	21.3%
5 to 19 units	11.2%	14.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Paw Paw	Sublette
Poverty rate	5.4%	17.3%
Average household size	2.48	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	38	27
Median year structure built	1961	1966