Varna vs Wenona

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

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

Wenona has the higher population (1,006 vs 425 in Varna). Varna has the higher median household income ($61,250 vs $40,921 in Wenona). Varna has the higher median home value ($89,000 vs $88,900 in Wenona).

Population, income & housing

	Varna	Wenona
Population	425	1,006
Median age	42.2 yrs	37.2 yrs
Median household income	$61,250	$40,921
Median home value	$89,000	$88,900
Median gross rent	$838	$785
Housing units	190	542
Homeownership rate	85.4%	61.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.5%	19.6%
Unemployment rate	7.1%	1.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Varna	Wenona
Population	392 → 425 (+8.4%)	1,065 → 1,006 (-5.5%)
Median household income	$54,250 → $61,250 (+12.9%)	$44,444 → $40,921 (-7.9%)
Median home value	$85,000 → $89,000 (+4.7%)	$96,400 → $88,900 (-7.8%)
Median gross rent	$775 → $838 (+8.1%)	$610 → $785 (+28.7%)

Varna

Population

392425

Median household income

$54,250$61,250

Median home value

$85,000$89,000

Median gross rent

$775$838

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)

	Varna	Wenona
Under 5	6.6%	5.8%
5 to 17	20.9%	17.0%
18 to 24	2.8%	9.6%
25 to 34	12.7%	13.4%
35 to 44	11.5%	13.2%
45 to 54	9.4%	7.3%
55 to 64	16.9%	9.7%
65 to 74	6.1%	16.0%
75 and over	12.9%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Varna	Wenona
White (non-Hispanic)	92.7%	92.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.6%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	4.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Varna	Wenona
No high school diploma	11.5%	12.5%
High school graduate	34.8%	24.9%
Some college or associate's	42.2%	43.1%
Bachelor's degree	5.7%	12.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	6.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Varna	Wenona
Drove alone	86.5%	91.2%
Carpooled	5.3%	5.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.6%	3.3%
Other means	4.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Varna	Wenona
1-unit, detached	93.2%	74.4%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	12.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	8.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.8%	2.6%

Poverty & households

	Varna	Wenona
Poverty rate	16.4%	21.1%
Average household size	2.59	1.96
Mean commute (minutes)	28	26
Median year structure built	1944	1950