Litchfield vs Witt

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

Litchfield and Witt 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 844 in Witt). Litchfield has the higher median household income ($54,190 vs $52,813 in Witt). Litchfield has the higher median home value ($100,500 vs $49,500 in Witt).

Population, income & housing

	Litchfield	Witt
Population	6,814	844
Median age	43.2 yrs	36.4 yrs
Median household income	$54,190	$52,813
Median home value	$100,500	$49,500
Median gross rent	$645	$529
Housing units	3,311	383
Homeownership rate	67.7%	72.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.0%	11.6%
Unemployment rate	6.4%	7.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Litchfield	Witt
Population	6,870 → 6,814 (-0.8%)	786 → 844 (+7.4%)
Median household income	$50,368 → $54,190 (+7.6%)	$37,875 → $52,813 (+39.4%)
Median home value	$75,900 → $100,500 (+32.4%)	$52,000 → $49,500 (-4.8%)
Median gross rent	$571 → $645 (+13.0%)	$553 → $529 (-4.3%)

Litchfield

Population

6,8706,814

Median household income

$50,368$54,190

Median home value

$75,900$100,500

Median gross rent

$571$645

Witt

Population

786844

Median household income

$37,875$52,813

Median home value

$52,000$49,500

Median gross rent

$553$529

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Litchfield	Witt
Under 5	6.3%	5.2%
5 to 17	13.9%	21.0%
18 to 24	7.5%	11.7%
25 to 34	13.9%	9.0%
35 to 44	10.7%	11.7%
45 to 54	10.4%	9.0%
55 to 64	12.8%	17.1%
65 to 74	12.0%	11.1%
75 and over	12.5%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Litchfield	Witt
White (non-Hispanic)	98.8%	94.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.4%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Litchfield	Witt
No high school diploma	6.2%	20.2%
High school graduate	42.9%	44.7%
Some college or associate's	26.9%	23.5%
Bachelor's degree	15.0%	10.1%
Graduate or professional degree	8.9%	1.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Litchfield	Witt
Drove alone	79.3%	79.4%
Carpooled	5.5%	6.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.7%	3.8%
Bicycle	1.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.4%	7.9%
Other means	0.0%	2.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Litchfield	Witt
1-unit, detached	76.0%	84.1%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	5.6%	5.0%
5 to 19 units	7.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	7.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.6%	8.9%

Poverty & households

	Litchfield	Witt
Poverty rate	16.9%	21.6%
Average household size	2.20	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	20	36
Median year structure built	1957	1954