Hopewell vs Lacon

A side-by-side comparison of Hopewell and Lacon: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lacon has the higher population (1,768 vs 538 in Hopewell). Hopewell has the higher median household income ($105,000 vs $60,750 in Lacon). Hopewell has the higher median home value ($185,700 vs $111,700 in Lacon).

Population, income & housing

	Hopewell	Lacon
Population	538	1,768
Median age	46.1 yrs	41.4 yrs
Median household income	$105,000	$60,750
Median home value	$185,700	$111,700
Median gross rent	—	$811
Housing units	201	804
Homeownership rate	100.0%	73.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.8%	12.0%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	8.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hopewell	Lacon
Population	397 → 538 (+35.5%)	1,759 → 1,768 (+0.5%)
Median household income	$84,375 → $105,000 (+24.4%)	$52,448 → $60,750 (+15.8%)
Median home value	$160,000 → $185,700 (+16.1%)	$85,700 → $111,700 (+30.3%)
Median gross rent	—	$757 → $811 (+7.1%)

Hopewell

Population

397538

Median household income

$84,375$105,000

Median home value

$160,000$185,700

Lacon

Population

1,7591,768

Median household income

$52,448$60,750

Median home value

$85,700$111,700

Median gross rent

$757$811

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hopewell	Lacon
Under 5	4.3%	6.3%
5 to 17	21.2%	15.8%
18 to 24	2.8%	7.2%
25 to 34	8.9%	13.2%
35 to 44	9.3%	11.0%
45 to 54	21.2%	8.3%
55 to 64	13.2%	14.5%
65 to 74	16.0%	8.6%
75 and over	3.2%	15.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hopewell	Lacon
White (non-Hispanic)	97.6%	96.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.4%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hopewell	Lacon
No high school diploma	1.3%	5.8%
High school graduate	26.4%	46.2%
Some college or associate's	36.5%	35.9%
Bachelor's degree	24.6%	9.3%
Graduate or professional degree	11.1%	2.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hopewell	Lacon
Drove alone	89.1%	87.9%
Carpooled	1.9%	2.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.0%	8.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hopewell	Lacon
1-unit, detached	99.5%	82.7%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	10.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Hopewell	Lacon
Poverty rate	2.8%	14.3%
Average household size	2.74	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	32	36
Median year structure built	1979	1956