Litchfield vs Nokomis

A side-by-side comparison of Litchfield and Nokomis: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Litchfield has the higher population (6,814 vs 2,213 in Nokomis). Nokomis has the higher median household income ($57,625 vs $54,190 in Litchfield). Litchfield has the higher median home value ($100,500 vs $78,400 in Nokomis).

Population, income & housing

	Litchfield	Nokomis
Population	6,814	2,213
Median age	43.2 yrs	33.3 yrs
Median household income	$54,190	$57,625
Median home value	$100,500	$78,400
Median gross rent	$645	$800
Housing units	3,311	1,012
Homeownership rate	67.7%	74.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.0%	11.9%
Unemployment rate	6.4%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Litchfield	Nokomis
Population	6,870 → 6,814 (-0.8%)	2,055 → 2,213 (+7.7%)
Median household income	$50,368 → $54,190 (+7.6%)	$49,722 → $57,625 (+15.9%)
Median home value	$75,900 → $100,500 (+32.4%)	$71,300 → $78,400 (+10.0%)
Median gross rent	$571 → $645 (+13.0%)	$674 → $800 (+18.7%)

Litchfield

Population

6,8706,814

Median household income

$50,368$54,190

Median home value

$75,900$100,500

Median gross rent

$571$645

Nokomis

Population

2,0552,213

Median household income

$49,722$57,625

Median home value

$71,300$78,400

Median gross rent

$674$800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Litchfield	Nokomis
Under 5	6.3%	4.1%
5 to 17	13.9%	24.0%
18 to 24	7.5%	7.9%
25 to 34	13.9%	15.1%
35 to 44	10.7%	11.8%
45 to 54	10.4%	7.2%
55 to 64	12.8%	8.4%
65 to 74	12.0%	12.6%
75 and over	12.5%	8.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Litchfield	Nokomis
White (non-Hispanic)	98.8%	95.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.4%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Litchfield	Nokomis
No high school diploma	6.2%	13.6%
High school graduate	42.9%	47.7%
Some college or associate's	26.9%	26.8%
Bachelor's degree	15.0%	9.2%
Graduate or professional degree	8.9%	2.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Litchfield	Nokomis
Drove alone	79.3%	80.6%
Carpooled	5.5%	5.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.7%	2.9%
Bicycle	1.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.4%	10.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Litchfield	Nokomis
1-unit, detached	76.0%	91.1%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	5.6%	4.6%
5 to 19 units	7.9%	0.2%
20 or more units	7.2%	1.2%
Mobile home & other	1.6%	2.4%

Poverty & households

	Litchfield	Nokomis
Poverty rate	16.9%	8.9%
Average household size	2.20	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	20	26
Median year structure built	1957	1950