Nilwood vs Standard City

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

Nilwood 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 140 in Nilwood). Standard City has the higher median household income ($49,583 vs $46,563 in Nilwood). Standard City has the higher median home value ($81,300 vs $44,400 in Nilwood).

Population, income & housing

	Nilwood	Standard City
Population	140	187
Median age	52.0 yrs	38.8 yrs
Median household income	$46,563	$49,583
Median home value	$44,400	$81,300
Housing units	105	78
Homeownership rate	94.9%	96.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.5%	2.6%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Nilwood	Standard City
Population	176 → 140 (-20.5%)	198 → 187 (-5.6%)
Median household income	$45,313 → $46,563 (+2.8%)	$76,563 → $49,583 (-35.2%)
Median home value	$59,400 → $44,400 (-25.3%)	$75,400 → $81,300 (+7.8%)
Median gross rent	—	$850 → $950 (+11.8%)

Nilwood

Population

176140

Median household income

$45,313$46,563

Median home value

$59,400$44,400

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)

	Nilwood	Standard City
Under 5	5.7%	13.4%
5 to 17	4.3%	18.7%
18 to 24	15.0%	5.3%
25 to 34	10.0%	11.8%
35 to 44	10.0%	6.4%
45 to 54	8.6%	14.4%
55 to 64	12.9%	5.3%
65 to 74	14.3%	19.8%
75 and over	19.3%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Nilwood	Standard City
White (non-Hispanic)	97.9%	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	2.1%	13.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Nilwood	Standard City
No high school diploma	22.9%	7.7%
High school graduate	33.3%	58.1%
Some college or associate's	34.3%	31.6%
Bachelor's degree	9.5%	2.6%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Nilwood	Standard City
Drove alone	100.0%	75.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	25.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Nilwood	Standard City
1-unit, detached	85.7%	87.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	9.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	14.3%	3.8%

Poverty & households

	Nilwood	Standard City
Poverty rate	13.6%	10.7%
Average household size	2.37	3.07
Mean commute (minutes)	28	35
Median year structure built	1938	1960