Kilbourne vs Topeka

A side-by-side comparison of Kilbourne and Topeka: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Kilbourne has the higher population (272 vs 28 in Topeka). Topeka has the higher median household income ($76,563 vs $40,625 in Kilbourne). Kilbourne has the higher median home value ($69,200 vs $50,000 in Topeka).

Population, income & housing

	Kilbourne	Topeka
Population	272	28
Median age	33.5 yrs	50.0 yrs
Median household income	$40,625	$76,563
Median home value	$69,200	$50,000
Median gross rent	$695	—
Housing units	142	19
Homeownership rate	67.0%	46.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.1%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	16.5%	31.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kilbourne	Topeka
Population	274 → 272 (-0.7%)	94 → 28 (-70.2%)
Median household income	$39,821 → $40,625 (+2.0%)	$43,125 → $76,563 (+77.5%)
Median home value	$54,300 → $69,200 (+27.4%)	$84,000 → $50,000 (-40.5%)
Median gross rent	$670 → $695 (+3.7%)	—

Kilbourne

Population

274272

Median household income

$39,821$40,625

Median home value

$54,300$69,200

Median gross rent

$670$695

Topeka

Population

9428

Median household income

$43,125$76,563

Median home value

$84,000$50,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kilbourne	Topeka
Under 5	4.4%	0.0%
5 to 17	32.4%	21.4%
18 to 24	6.6%	0.0%
25 to 34	9.9%	0.0%
35 to 44	11.8%	14.3%
45 to 54	8.1%	17.9%
55 to 64	11.8%	14.3%
65 to 74	9.2%	17.9%
75 and over	5.9%	14.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kilbourne	Topeka
White (non-Hispanic)	98.9%	100.0%
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	1.1%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kilbourne	Topeka
No high school diploma	11.7%	45.5%
High school graduate	46.1%	36.4%
Some college or associate's	35.1%	18.2%
Bachelor's degree	4.5%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	2.6%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kilbourne	Topeka
Drove alone	96.5%	100.0%
Carpooled	1.2%	0.0%
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	2.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kilbourne	Topeka
1-unit, detached	90.8%	89.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.2%	10.5%

Poverty & households

	Kilbourne	Topeka
Poverty rate	20.2%	0.0%
Average household size	2.72	2.15
Mean commute (minutes)	36	—
Median year structure built	1962	1955