Modesto vs Standard City

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

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

Standard City has the higher population (187 vs 171 in Modesto). Modesto has the higher median household income ($69,375 vs $49,583 in Standard City). Standard City has the higher median home value ($81,300 vs $68,800 in Modesto).

Population, income & housing

	Modesto	Standard City
Population	171	187
Median age	39.4 yrs	38.8 yrs
Median household income	$69,375	$49,583
Median home value	$68,800	$81,300
Median gross rent	$642	—
Housing units	90	78
Homeownership rate	86.7%	96.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.9%	2.6%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Modesto	Standard City
Population	267 → 171 (-36.0%)	198 → 187 (-5.6%)
Median household income	$46,250 → $69,375 (+50.0%)	$76,563 → $49,583 (-35.2%)
Median home value	$66,100 → $68,800 (+4.1%)	$75,400 → $81,300 (+7.8%)
Median gross rent	$529 → $642 (+21.4%)	$850 → $950 (+11.8%)

Modesto

Population

267171

Median household income

$46,250$69,375

Median home value

$66,100$68,800

Median gross rent

$529$642

Standard City

Population

198187

Median household income

$76,563$49,583

Median home value

$75,400$81,300

Median gross rent

$850$950

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Modesto	Standard City
Under 5	3.5%	13.4%
5 to 17	16.4%	18.7%
18 to 24	4.7%	5.3%
25 to 34	19.3%	11.8%
35 to 44	10.5%	6.4%
45 to 54	8.8%	14.4%
55 to 64	16.4%	5.3%
65 to 74	11.7%	19.8%
75 and over	8.8%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Modesto	Standard City
White (non-Hispanic)	98.8%	86.6%
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%	13.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Modesto	Standard City
No high school diploma	19.4%	7.7%
High school graduate	28.7%	58.1%
Some college or associate's	31.0%	31.6%
Bachelor's degree	17.8%	2.6%
Graduate or professional degree	3.1%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Modesto	Standard City
Drove alone	91.3%	75.0%
Carpooled	5.8%	25.0%
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	Standard City
1-unit, detached	73.3%	87.2%
1-unit, attached	4.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.9%	9.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	13.3%	3.8%

Poverty & households

	Modesto	Standard City
Poverty rate	14.0%	10.7%
Average household size	2.28	3.07
Mean commute (minutes)	32	35
Median year structure built	1961	1960