Preemption vs Seaton

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

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

Seaton has the higher population (224 vs 100 in Preemption). Preemption has the higher median household income ($81,364 vs $69,375 in Seaton). Preemption has the higher median home value ($167,900 vs $91,000 in Seaton).

Population, income & housing

	Preemption	Seaton
Population	100	224
Median age	54.8 yrs	34.4 yrs
Median household income	$81,364	$69,375
Median home value	$167,900	$91,000
Median gross rent	—	$1,063
Housing units	84	129
Homeownership rate	100.0%	85.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.2%	12.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	9.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Preemption	Seaton
Population	172 → 100 (-41.9%)	265 → 224 (-15.5%)
Median household income	$61,563 → $81,364 (+32.2%)	$62,500 → $69,375 (+11.0%)
Median home value	$131,300 → $167,900 (+27.9%)	$73,800 → $91,000 (+23.3%)
Median gross rent	—	$625 → $1,063 (+70.1%)

Preemption

Population

172100

Median household income

$61,563$81,364

Median home value

$131,300$167,900

Seaton

Population

265224

Median household income

$62,500$69,375

Median home value

$73,800$91,000

Median gross rent

$625$1,063

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Preemption	Seaton
Under 5	0.0%	5.8%
5 to 17	23.0%	21.4%
18 to 24	0.0%	3.1%
25 to 34	0.0%	21.4%
35 to 44	22.0%	11.2%
45 to 54	6.0%	13.4%
55 to 64	13.0%	5.4%
65 to 74	29.0%	8.0%
75 and over	7.0%	10.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Preemption	Seaton
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	96.9%
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%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Preemption	Seaton
No high school diploma	0.0%	3.8%
High school graduate	27.3%	35.9%
Some college or associate's	41.6%	48.1%
Bachelor's degree	22.1%	10.3%
Graduate or professional degree	9.1%	1.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Preemption	Seaton
Drove alone	70.8%	84.0%
Carpooled	29.2%	12.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Preemption	Seaton
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

	Preemption	Seaton
Poverty rate	6.0%	4.0%
Average household size	2.63	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	24	26
Median year structure built	1967	1938