Heyworth vs Normal

A side-by-side comparison of Heyworth and Normal: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Normal has the higher population (52,908 vs 2,818 in Heyworth). Heyworth has the higher median household income ($90,556 vs $66,350 in Normal). Normal has the higher median home value ($199,900 vs $196,200 in Heyworth).

Population, income & housing

	Heyworth	Normal
Population	2,818	52,908
Median age	36.3 yrs	25.2 yrs
Median household income	$90,556	$66,350
Median home value	$196,200	$199,900
Median gross rent	$1,026	$974
Housing units	1,013	21,879
Homeownership rate	87.4%	55.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.0%	52.5%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Heyworth	Normal
Population	3,124 → 2,818 (-9.8%)	54,891 → 52,908 (-3.6%)
Median household income	$78,077 → $90,556 (+16.0%)	$58,111 → $66,350 (+14.2%)
Median home value	$158,600 → $196,200 (+23.7%)	$170,200 → $199,900 (+17.5%)
Median gross rent	$713 → $1,026 (+43.9%)	$875 → $974 (+11.3%)

Heyworth

Population

3,1242,818

Median household income

$78,077$90,556

Median home value

$158,600$196,200

Median gross rent

$713$1,026

Normal

Population

54,89152,908

Median household income

$58,111$66,350

Median home value

$170,200$199,900

Median gross rent

$875$974

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Heyworth	Normal
Under 5	3.5%	4.4%
5 to 17	28.2%	12.4%
18 to 24	8.1%	32.9%
25 to 34	9.2%	11.2%
35 to 44	13.4%	10.2%
45 to 54	10.5%	8.7%
55 to 64	13.1%	8.3%
65 to 74	8.1%	6.7%
75 and over	5.9%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Heyworth	Normal
White (non-Hispanic)	91.3%	75.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	11.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.4%	3.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.1%
Two or more races	1.7%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	6.1%	7.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Heyworth	Normal
No high school diploma	1.8%	2.5%
High school graduate	39.0%	19.7%
Some college or associate's	27.2%	25.3%
Bachelor's degree	23.3%	34.0%
Graduate or professional degree	8.6%	18.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Heyworth	Normal
Drove alone	82.0%	70.8%
Carpooled	1.9%	6.1%
Public transit	0.0%	1.4%
Walked	1.3%	8.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	13.9%	12.4%
Other means	0.9%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Heyworth	Normal
1-unit, detached	89.3%	46.9%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	6.9%
2 to 4 units	4.9%	7.1%
5 to 19 units	1.0%	23.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	13.3%
Mobile home & other	2.9%	2.8%

Poverty & households

	Heyworth	Normal
Poverty rate	7.0%	21.5%
Average household size	2.96	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	25	17
Median year structure built	1976	1989