Niantic vs Warrensburg

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

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

Warrensburg has the higher population (1,076 vs 734 in Niantic). Warrensburg has the higher median household income ($88,897 vs $64,009 in Niantic). Warrensburg has the higher median home value ($141,100 vs $111,700 in Niantic).

Population, income & housing

	Niantic	Warrensburg
Population	734	1,076
Median age	31.7 yrs	39.5 yrs
Median household income	$64,009	$88,897
Median home value	$111,700	$141,100
Median gross rent	$1,000	$809
Housing units	263	473
Homeownership rate	87.7%	75.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.0%	21.3%
Unemployment rate	11.9%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Niantic	Warrensburg
Population	574 → 734 (+27.9%)	1,488 → 1,076 (-27.7%)
Median household income	$56,111 → $64,009 (+14.1%)	$64,107 → $88,897 (+38.7%)
Median home value	$84,000 → $111,700 (+33.0%)	$98,800 → $141,100 (+42.8%)
Median gross rent	$575 → $1,000 (+73.9%)	$619 → $809 (+30.7%)

Niantic

Population

574734

Median household income

$56,111$64,009

Median home value

$84,000$111,700

Median gross rent

$575$1,000

Warrensburg

Population

1,4881,076

Median household income

$64,107$88,897

Median home value

$98,800$141,100

Median gross rent

$619$809

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Niantic	Warrensburg
Under 5	17.4%	3.1%
5 to 17	19.9%	20.1%
18 to 24	6.9%	11.9%
25 to 34	12.0%	10.6%
35 to 44	16.3%	9.3%
45 to 54	9.5%	15.7%
55 to 64	6.5%	7.0%
65 to 74	8.2%	15.0%
75 and over	3.1%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Niantic	Warrensburg
White (non-Hispanic)	81.5%	93.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	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	9.3%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	9.1%	2.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Niantic	Warrensburg
No high school diploma	10.5%	8.2%
High school graduate	43.0%	33.9%
Some college or associate's	36.4%	36.6%
Bachelor's degree	5.1%	18.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	2.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Niantic	Warrensburg
Drove alone	78.5%	90.0%
Carpooled	16.8%	4.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.3%	4.4%
Other means	0.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Niantic	Warrensburg
1-unit, detached	90.9%	79.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	0.4%	3.2%
5 to 19 units	6.1%	15.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.7%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Niantic	Warrensburg
Poverty rate	7.1%	6.2%
Average household size	3.23	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	25	25
Median year structure built	1945	1972