Coalton vs Waggoner

A side-by-side comparison of Coalton and Waggoner: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Coalton has the higher population (280 vs 185 in Waggoner). Coalton has the higher median household income ($76,250 vs $69,135 in Waggoner). Coalton has the higher median home value ($81,000 vs $40,000 in Waggoner).

Population, income & housing

	Coalton	Waggoner
Population	280	185
Median age	46.0 yrs	48.1 yrs
Median household income	$76,250	$69,135
Median home value	$81,000	$40,000
Median gross rent	$775	$675
Housing units	148	109
Homeownership rate	84.7%	59.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.0%	2.7%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	13.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Coalton	Waggoner
Population	342 → 280 (-18.1%)	192 → 185 (-3.6%)
Median household income	$43,625 → $76,250 (+74.8%)	$30,500 → $69,135 (+126.7%)
Median home value	$71,800 → $81,000 (+12.8%)	$48,100 → $40,000 (-16.8%)
Median gross rent	$683 → $775 (+13.5%)	$586 → $675 (+15.2%)

Coalton

Population

342280

Median household income

$43,625$76,250

Median home value

$71,800$81,000

Median gross rent

$683$775

Waggoner

Population

192185

Median household income

$30,500$69,135

Median home value

$48,100$40,000

Median gross rent

$586$675

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Coalton	Waggoner
Under 5	2.9%	3.2%
5 to 17	13.9%	11.9%
18 to 24	8.6%	4.9%
25 to 34	12.1%	7.0%
35 to 44	10.4%	12.4%
45 to 54	10.4%	31.4%
55 to 64	12.9%	21.1%
65 to 74	18.9%	6.5%
75 and over	10.0%	1.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Coalton	Waggoner
White (non-Hispanic)	98.9%	97.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	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%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Coalton	Waggoner
No high school diploma	11.0%	15.5%
High school graduate	39.2%	56.8%
Some college or associate's	37.8%	25.0%
Bachelor's degree	10.5%	2.7%
Graduate or professional degree	1.4%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Coalton	Waggoner
Drove alone	69.5%	81.7%
Carpooled	19.8%	11.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.9%	2.8%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Coalton	Waggoner
1-unit, detached	89.9%	43.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.8%
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	10.1%	55.0%

Poverty & households

	Coalton	Waggoner
Poverty rate	6.1%	21.6%
Average household size	2.04	2.03
Mean commute (minutes)	31	30
Median year structure built	1957	1974