Argenta vs Niantic

A side-by-side comparison of Argenta and Niantic: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Argenta has the higher population (838 vs 734 in Niantic). Argenta has the higher median household income ($75,313 vs $64,009 in Niantic). Niantic has the higher median home value ($111,700 vs $107,200 in Argenta).

Population, income & housing

	Argenta	Niantic
Population	838	734
Median age	41.4 yrs	31.7 yrs
Median household income	$75,313	$64,009
Median home value	$107,200	$111,700
Median gross rent	$1,208	$1,000
Housing units	374	263
Homeownership rate	85.2%	87.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.4%	10.0%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	11.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Argenta	Niantic
Population	1,115 → 838 (-24.8%)	574 → 734 (+27.9%)
Median household income	$66,389 → $75,313 (+13.4%)	$56,111 → $64,009 (+14.1%)
Median home value	$93,300 → $107,200 (+14.9%)	$84,000 → $111,700 (+33.0%)
Median gross rent	$725 → $1,208 (+66.6%)	$575 → $1,000 (+73.9%)

Argenta

Population

1,115838

Median household income

$66,389$75,313

Median home value

$93,300$107,200

Median gross rent

$725$1,208

Niantic

Population

574734

Median household income

$56,111$64,009

Median home value

$84,000$111,700

Median gross rent

$575$1,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Argenta	Niantic
Under 5	8.4%	17.4%
5 to 17	18.3%	19.9%
18 to 24	4.9%	6.9%
25 to 34	8.6%	12.0%
35 to 44	14.3%	16.3%
45 to 54	8.4%	9.5%
55 to 64	12.6%	6.5%
65 to 74	15.5%	8.2%
75 and over	9.1%	3.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Argenta	Niantic
White (non-Hispanic)	93.1%	81.5%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.1%	9.3%
Hispanic or Latino	2.0%	9.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Argenta	Niantic
No high school diploma	7.3%	10.5%
High school graduate	31.7%	43.0%
Some college or associate's	44.6%	36.4%
Bachelor's degree	12.4%	5.1%
Graduate or professional degree	4.0%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Argenta	Niantic
Drove alone	96.5%	78.5%
Carpooled	2.5%	16.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	4.3%
Other means	1.1%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Argenta	Niantic
1-unit, detached	90.6%	90.9%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.4%	0.4%
5 to 19 units	2.9%	6.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.1%	2.7%

Poverty & households

	Argenta	Niantic
Poverty rate	6.0%	7.1%
Average household size	2.49	3.23
Mean commute (minutes)	24	25
Median year structure built	1954	1945