Hamlet vs Preemption

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

Hamlet 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 0 in Hamlet).

Population, income & housing

	Hamlet	Preemption
Population	0	100
Median age	—	54.8 yrs
Median household income	—	$81,364
Median home value	—	$167,900
Housing units	0	84
Homeownership rate	—	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	—	31.2%
Unemployment rate	—	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hamlet	Preemption
Population	0 → 0 (+0.0%)	172 → 100 (-41.9%)
Median household income	—	$61,563 → $81,364 (+32.2%)
Median home value	—	$131,300 → $167,900 (+27.9%)

Hamlet

Population

Preemption

Population

172100

Median household income

$61,563$81,364

Median home value

$131,300$167,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hamlet	Preemption
Under 5	—	0.0%
5 to 17	—	23.0%
18 to 24	—	0.0%
25 to 34	—	0.0%
35 to 44	—	22.0%
45 to 54	—	6.0%
55 to 64	—	13.0%
65 to 74	—	29.0%
75 and over	—	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hamlet	Preemption
White (non-Hispanic)	—	100.0%
Black or African American	—	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	—	0.0%
Asian	—	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	—	0.0%
Some other race	—	0.0%
Two or more races	—	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	—	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hamlet	Preemption
No high school diploma	—	0.0%
High school graduate	—	27.3%
Some college or associate's	—	41.6%
Bachelor's degree	—	22.1%
Graduate or professional degree	—	9.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hamlet	Preemption
Drove alone	—	70.8%
Carpooled	—	29.2%
Public transit	—	0.0%
Walked	—	0.0%
Bicycle	—	0.0%
Worked from home	—	0.0%
Other means	—	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hamlet	Preemption
1-unit, detached	—	100.0%
1-unit, attached	—	0.0%
2 to 4 units	—	0.0%
5 to 19 units	—	0.0%
20 or more units	—	0.0%
Mobile home & other	—	0.0%

Poverty & households

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