Lacon vs Wenona

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

Lacon and Wenona 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 1,006 in Wenona). Lacon has the higher median household income ($60,750 vs $40,921 in Wenona). Lacon has the higher median home value ($111,700 vs $88,900 in Wenona).

Population, income & housing

	Lacon	Wenona
Population	1,768	1,006
Median age	41.4 yrs	37.2 yrs
Median household income	$60,750	$40,921
Median home value	$111,700	$88,900
Median gross rent	$811	$785
Housing units	804	542
Homeownership rate	73.4%	61.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.0%	19.6%
Unemployment rate	8.1%	1.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lacon	Wenona
Population	1,759 → 1,768 (+0.5%)	1,065 → 1,006 (-5.5%)
Median household income	$52,448 → $60,750 (+15.8%)	$44,444 → $40,921 (-7.9%)
Median home value	$85,700 → $111,700 (+30.3%)	$96,400 → $88,900 (-7.8%)
Median gross rent	$757 → $811 (+7.1%)	$610 → $785 (+28.7%)

Lacon

Population

1,7591,768

Median household income

$52,448$60,750

Median home value

$85,700$111,700

Median gross rent

$757$811

Wenona

Population

1,0651,006

Median household income

$44,444$40,921

Median home value

$96,400$88,900

Median gross rent

$610$785

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lacon	Wenona
Under 5	6.3%	5.8%
5 to 17	15.8%	17.0%
18 to 24	7.2%	9.6%
25 to 34	13.2%	13.4%
35 to 44	11.0%	13.2%
45 to 54	8.3%	7.3%
55 to 64	14.5%	9.7%
65 to 74	8.6%	16.0%
75 and over	15.0%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lacon	Wenona
White (non-Hispanic)	96.9%	92.6%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.3%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	4.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lacon	Wenona
No high school diploma	5.8%	12.5%
High school graduate	46.2%	24.9%
Some college or associate's	35.9%	43.1%
Bachelor's degree	9.3%	12.8%
Graduate or professional degree	2.7%	6.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lacon	Wenona
Drove alone	87.9%	91.2%
Carpooled	2.8%	5.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.0%	3.3%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lacon	Wenona
1-unit, detached	82.7%	74.4%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	10.4%	12.0%
5 to 19 units	3.5%	8.9%
20 or more units	0.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	2.6%

Poverty & households

	Lacon	Wenona
Poverty rate	14.3%	21.1%
Average household size	2.26	1.96
Mean commute (minutes)	36	26
Median year structure built	1956	1950