Modesto vs Nilwood

A side-by-side comparison of Modesto and Nilwood: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Modesto has the higher population (171 vs 140 in Nilwood). Modesto has the higher median household income ($69,375 vs $46,563 in Nilwood). Modesto has the higher median home value ($68,800 vs $44,400 in Nilwood).

Population, income & housing

	Modesto	Nilwood
Population	171	140
Median age	39.4 yrs	52.0 yrs
Median household income	$69,375	$46,563
Median home value	$68,800	$44,400
Median gross rent	$642	—
Housing units	90	105
Homeownership rate	86.7%	94.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.9%	9.5%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Modesto	Nilwood
Population	267 → 171 (-36.0%)	176 → 140 (-20.5%)
Median household income	$46,250 → $69,375 (+50.0%)	$45,313 → $46,563 (+2.8%)
Median home value	$66,100 → $68,800 (+4.1%)	$59,400 → $44,400 (-25.3%)
Median gross rent	$529 → $642 (+21.4%)	—

Modesto

Population

267171

Median household income

$46,250$69,375

Median home value

$66,100$68,800

Median gross rent

$529$642

Nilwood

Population

176140

Median household income

$45,313$46,563

Median home value

$59,400$44,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Modesto	Nilwood
Under 5	3.5%	5.7%
5 to 17	16.4%	4.3%
18 to 24	4.7%	15.0%
25 to 34	19.3%	10.0%
35 to 44	10.5%	10.0%
45 to 54	8.8%	8.6%
55 to 64	16.4%	12.9%
65 to 74	11.7%	14.3%
75 and over	8.8%	19.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Modesto	Nilwood
White (non-Hispanic)	98.8%	97.9%
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	0.6%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Modesto	Nilwood
No high school diploma	19.4%	22.9%
High school graduate	28.7%	33.3%
Some college or associate's	31.0%	34.3%
Bachelor's degree	17.8%	9.5%
Graduate or professional degree	3.1%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Modesto	Nilwood
Drove alone	91.3%	100.0%
Carpooled	5.8%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.9%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Modesto	Nilwood
1-unit, detached	73.3%	85.7%
1-unit, attached	4.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	13.3%	14.3%

Poverty & households

	Modesto	Nilwood
Poverty rate	14.0%	13.6%
Average household size	2.28	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	32	28
Median year structure built	1961	1938