Palmyra vs Wilsonville

A side-by-side comparison of Palmyra and Wilsonville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Palmyra has the higher population (524 vs 492 in Wilsonville). Wilsonville has the higher median household income ($49,038 vs $46,477 in Palmyra). Palmyra has the higher median home value ($86,400 vs $86,000 in Wilsonville).

Population, income & housing

	Palmyra	Wilsonville
Population	524	492
Median age	50.4 yrs	40.5 yrs
Median household income	$46,477	$49,038
Median home value	$86,400	$86,000
Median gross rent	$670	$878
Housing units	339	258
Homeownership rate	81.2%	68.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.6%	6.1%
Unemployment rate	7.9%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Palmyra	Wilsonville
Population	665 → 524 (-21.2%)	634 → 492 (-22.4%)
Median household income	$37,692 → $46,477 (+23.3%)	$41,118 → $49,038 (+19.3%)
Median home value	$64,400 → $86,400 (+34.2%)	$56,300 → $86,000 (+52.8%)
Median gross rent	$541 → $670 (+23.8%)	$763 → $878 (+15.1%)

Palmyra

Population

665524

Median household income

$37,692$46,477

Median home value

$64,400$86,400

Median gross rent

$541$670

Wilsonville

Population

634492

Median household income

$41,118$49,038

Median home value

$56,300$86,000

Median gross rent

$763$878

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Palmyra	Wilsonville
Under 5	1.9%	0.6%
5 to 17	11.8%	18.1%
18 to 24	6.7%	5.1%
25 to 34	12.4%	13.0%
35 to 44	11.3%	20.3%
45 to 54	14.9%	14.2%
55 to 64	11.5%	11.6%
65 to 74	13.0%	12.2%
75 and over	16.6%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Palmyra	Wilsonville
White (non-Hispanic)	97.9%	99.2%
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	1.7%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Palmyra	Wilsonville
No high school diploma	16.8%	17.9%
High school graduate	53.7%	60.5%
Some college or associate's	18.9%	15.5%
Bachelor's degree	9.4%	4.8%
Graduate or professional degree	1.2%	1.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Palmyra	Wilsonville
Drove alone	87.0%	85.0%
Carpooled	7.3%	11.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	1.9%
Other means	0.0%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Palmyra	Wilsonville
1-unit, detached	56.0%	95.3%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	13.6%	2.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	28.0%	1.6%

Poverty & households

	Palmyra	Wilsonville
Poverty rate	8.6%	13.6%
Average household size	2.14	2.67
Mean commute (minutes)	42	37
Median year structure built	1967	1949