Cable vs Preemption

A side-by-side comparison of Cable and Preemption: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Preemption has the higher population (100 vs 83 in Cable). Cable has the higher median household income ($100,938 vs $81,364 in Preemption). Cable has the higher median home value ($333,300 vs $167,900 in Preemption).

Population, income & housing

	Cable	Preemption
Population	83	100
Median age	51.9 yrs	54.8 yrs
Median household income	$100,938	$81,364
Median home value	$333,300	$167,900
Housing units	36	84
Homeownership rate	100.0%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.0%	31.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cable	Preemption
Population	103 → 83 (-19.4%)	172 → 100 (-41.9%)
Median household income	$60,741 → $100,938 (+66.2%)	$61,563 → $81,364 (+32.2%)
Median home value	$112,900 → $333,300 (+195.2%)	$131,300 → $167,900 (+27.9%)

Cable

Population

10383

Median household income

$60,741$100,938

Median home value

$112,900$333,300

Preemption

Population

172100

Median household income

$61,563$81,364

Median home value

$131,300$167,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cable	Preemption
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	3.6%	23.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	0.0%
35 to 44	21.7%	22.0%
45 to 54	26.5%	6.0%
55 to 64	31.3%	13.0%
65 to 74	0.0%	29.0%
75 and over	16.9%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cable	Preemption
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	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	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cable	Preemption
No high school diploma	0.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	56.3%	27.3%
Some college or associate's	33.8%	41.6%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	22.1%
Graduate or professional degree	10.0%	9.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cable	Preemption
Drove alone	100.0%	70.8%
Carpooled	0.0%	29.2%
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	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cable	Preemption
1-unit, detached	100.0%	100.0%
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	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Cable	Preemption
Poverty rate	0.0%	6.0%
Average household size	2.31	2.63
Mean commute (minutes)	—	24
Median year structure built	1992	1967