Adair vs Sciota

A side-by-side comparison of Adair and Sciota: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Adair has the higher population (148 vs 72 in Sciota). Sciota has the higher median home value ($103,900 vs $86,300 in Adair). Since 2019, Sciota's population has grown faster (-11.1% vs -27.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Adair	Sciota
Population	148	72
Median age	38.3 yrs	60.0 yrs
Median household income	—	$117,500
Median home value	$86,300	$103,900
Housing units	120	40
Homeownership rate	67.2%	84.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.7%	43.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Adair	Sciota
Population	205 → 148 (-27.8%)	81 → 72 (-11.1%)
Median household income	$77,222 → $78,026 (+1.0%)	$55,625 → $117,500 (+111.2%)
Median home value	$80,900 → $86,300 (+6.7%)	$59,400 → $103,900 (+74.9%)

Adair

Population

205148

Median household income

$77,222$78,026

Median home value

$80,900$86,300

Sciota

Population

8172

Median household income

$55,625$117,500

Median home value

$59,400$103,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Adair	Sciota
Under 5	4.1%	5.6%
5 to 17	26.4%	16.7%
18 to 24	14.9%	1.4%
25 to 34	0.0%	6.9%
35 to 44	14.2%	12.5%
45 to 54	6.8%	2.8%
55 to 64	18.2%	8.3%
65 to 74	9.5%	44.4%
75 and over	6.1%	1.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Adair	Sciota
White (non-Hispanic)	94.6%	100.0%
Black or African American	5.4%	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	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Adair	Sciota
No high school diploma	0.0%	16.4%
High school graduate	38.3%	10.9%
Some college or associate's	21.0%	29.1%
Bachelor's degree	27.2%	43.6%
Graduate or professional degree	13.6%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Adair	Sciota
Drove alone	57.6%	100.0%
Carpooled	34.1%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.2%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Adair	Sciota
1-unit, detached	78.3%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	18.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Adair	Sciota
Poverty rate	14.9%	0.0%
Average household size	2.21	1.89
Mean commute (minutes)	30	25
Median year structure built	1947	1952