Harvel vs Panama

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

Harvel 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 254 in Harvel). Harvel has the higher median household income ($63,500 vs $60,096 in Panama). Panama has the higher median home value ($60,800 vs $50,800 in Harvel).

Population, income & housing

	Harvel	Panama
Population	254	327
Median age	32.7 yrs	48.5 yrs
Median household income	$63,500	$60,096
Median home value	$50,800	$60,800
Median gross rent	$730	$833
Housing units	113	164
Homeownership rate	67.3%	85.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.2%	7.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	12.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Harvel	Panama
Population	334 → 254 (-24.0%)	296 → 327 (+10.5%)
Median household income	$57,917 → $63,500 (+9.6%)	$55,089 → $60,096 (+9.1%)
Median home value	$48,800 → $50,800 (+4.1%)	$59,300 → $60,800 (+2.5%)
Median gross rent	$675 → $730 (+8.1%)	$863 → $833 (-3.5%)

Harvel

Population

334254

Median household income

$57,917$63,500

Median home value

$48,800$50,800

Median gross rent

$675$730

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)

	Harvel	Panama
Under 5	9.4%	5.8%
5 to 17	15.0%	14.4%
18 to 24	10.2%	2.4%
25 to 34	18.1%	16.5%
35 to 44	11.8%	6.1%
45 to 54	14.2%	11.9%
55 to 64	11.8%	24.5%
65 to 74	7.5%	11.6%
75 and over	2.0%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Harvel	Panama
White (non-Hispanic)	76.0%	99.1%
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	0.8%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	23.2%	0.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Harvel	Panama
No high school diploma	21.1%	17.8%
High school graduate	41.0%	50.6%
Some college or associate's	27.7%	24.1%
Bachelor's degree	7.8%	5.9%
Graduate or professional degree	2.4%	1.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Harvel	Panama
Drove alone	93.5%	73.4%
Carpooled	4.8%	23.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	2.4%
Other means	1.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Harvel	Panama
1-unit, detached	95.6%	84.1%
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	4.4%	15.9%

Poverty & households

	Harvel	Panama
Poverty rate	22.8%	9.5%
Average household size	2.59	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	37	35
Median year structure built	1951	1946