Fillmore vs Panama

A side-by-side comparison of Fillmore and Panama: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Panama has the higher population (327 vs 257 in Fillmore). Panama has the higher median household income ($60,096 vs $47,375 in Fillmore). Fillmore has the higher median home value ($64,700 vs $60,800 in Panama).

Population, income & housing

	Fillmore	Panama
Population	257	327
Median age	53.8 yrs	48.5 yrs
Median household income	$47,375	$60,096
Median home value	$64,700	$60,800
Median gross rent	$613	$833
Housing units	150	164
Homeownership rate	76.7%	85.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.5%	7.5%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	12.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fillmore	Panama
Population	300 → 257 (-14.3%)	296 → 327 (+10.5%)
Median household income	$50,625 → $47,375 (-6.4%)	$55,089 → $60,096 (+9.1%)
Median home value	$57,900 → $64,700 (+11.7%)	$59,300 → $60,800 (+2.5%)
Median gross rent	$700 → $613 (-12.4%)	$863 → $833 (-3.5%)

Fillmore

Population

300257

Median household income

$50,625$47,375

Median home value

$57,900$64,700

Median gross rent

$700$613

Panama

Population

296327

Median household income

$55,089$60,096

Median home value

$59,300$60,800

Median gross rent

$863$833

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fillmore	Panama
Under 5	1.6%	5.8%
5 to 17	6.6%	14.4%
18 to 24	8.6%	2.4%
25 to 34	9.3%	16.5%
35 to 44	10.1%	6.1%
45 to 54	15.2%	11.9%
55 to 64	25.7%	24.5%
65 to 74	15.2%	11.6%
75 and over	7.8%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fillmore	Panama
White (non-Hispanic)	91.8%	99.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.4%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fillmore	Panama
No high school diploma	16.8%	17.8%
High school graduate	47.2%	50.6%
Some college or associate's	29.4%	24.1%
Bachelor's degree	6.5%	5.9%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	1.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fillmore	Panama
Drove alone	83.9%	73.4%
Carpooled	10.5%	23.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.2%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.4%	2.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fillmore	Panama
1-unit, detached	73.3%	84.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	16.0%	15.9%

Poverty & households

	Fillmore	Panama
Poverty rate	8.6%	9.5%
Average household size	1.93	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	40	35
Median year structure built	1953	1946