Long Point vs Strawn

A side-by-side comparison of Long Point and Strawn: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Long Point has the higher population (228 vs 92 in Strawn). Long Point has the higher median home value ($84,200 vs $75,000 in Strawn). Since 2019, Strawn's population has grown faster (+16.5% vs -20.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Long Point	Strawn
Population	228	92
Median age	38.8 yrs	32.5 yrs
Median household income	$46,786	—
Median home value	$84,200	$75,000
Median gross rent	—	$825
Housing units	86	43
Homeownership rate	93.6%	72.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.7%	3.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Long Point	Strawn
Population	285 → 228 (-20.0%)	79 → 92 (+16.5%)
Median household income	$59,583 → $46,786 (-21.5%)	$55,625 → $66,250 (+19.1%)
Median home value	$68,600 → $84,200 (+22.7%)	$57,500 → $75,000 (+30.4%)

Long Point

Population

285228

Median household income

$59,583$46,786

Median home value

$68,600$84,200

Strawn

Population

7992

Median household income

$55,625$66,250

Median home value

$57,500$75,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Long Point	Strawn
Under 5	3.5%	7.6%
5 to 17	20.6%	28.3%
18 to 24	10.1%	0.0%
25 to 34	3.9%	20.7%
35 to 44	25.4%	10.9%
45 to 54	7.5%	8.7%
55 to 64	15.8%	19.6%
65 to 74	7.0%	3.3%
75 and over	6.1%	1.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Long Point	Strawn
White (non-Hispanic)	95.2%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
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	2.6%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Long Point	Strawn
No high school diploma	15.3%	3.4%
High school graduate	53.3%	49.2%
Some college or associate's	24.7%	44.1%
Bachelor's degree	5.3%	3.4%
Graduate or professional degree	1.3%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Long Point	Strawn
Drove alone	86.3%	84.4%
Carpooled	8.8%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	15.6%
Other means	1.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Long Point	Strawn
1-unit, detached	97.7%	90.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.3%	7.0%

Poverty & households

	Long Point	Strawn
Poverty rate	18.0%	26.1%
Average household size	2.92	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	31	26
Median year structure built	1938	1964