Good Hope vs Sciota

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

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

Good Hope has the higher population (397 vs 72 in Sciota). Sciota has the higher median household income ($117,500 vs $69,063 in Good Hope). Sciota has the higher median home value ($103,900 vs $95,900 in Good Hope).

Population, income & housing

	Good Hope	Sciota
Population	397	72
Median age	35.3 yrs	60.0 yrs
Median household income	$69,063	$117,500
Median home value	$95,900	$103,900
Median gross rent	$788	—
Housing units	174	40
Homeownership rate	82.8%	84.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.3%	43.6%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Good Hope	Sciota
Population	409 → 397 (-2.9%)	81 → 72 (-11.1%)
Median household income	$45,625 → $69,063 (+51.4%)	$55,625 → $117,500 (+111.2%)
Median home value	$76,800 → $95,900 (+24.9%)	$59,400 → $103,900 (+74.9%)
Median gross rent	$661 → $788 (+19.2%)	—

Good Hope

Population

409397

Median household income

$45,625$69,063

Median home value

$76,800$95,900

Median gross rent

$661$788

Sciota

Population

8172

Median household income

$55,625$117,500

Median home value

$59,400$103,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Good Hope	Sciota
Under 5	5.5%	5.6%
5 to 17	20.2%	16.7%
18 to 24	11.6%	1.4%
25 to 34	12.1%	6.9%
35 to 44	12.3%	12.5%
45 to 54	7.1%	2.8%
55 to 64	15.1%	8.3%
65 to 74	7.8%	44.4%
75 and over	8.3%	1.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Good Hope	Sciota
White (non-Hispanic)	97.2%	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	0.8%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Good Hope	Sciota
No high school diploma	3.2%	16.4%
High school graduate	38.2%	10.9%
Some college or associate's	33.3%	29.1%
Bachelor's degree	18.5%	43.6%
Graduate or professional degree	6.8%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Good Hope	Sciota
Drove alone	87.1%	100.0%
Carpooled	3.2%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.8%	0.0%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Good Hope	Sciota
1-unit, detached	83.3%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Good Hope	Sciota
Poverty rate	6.5%	0.0%
Average household size	2.44	1.89
Mean commute (minutes)	18	25
Median year structure built	1968	1952