Nokomis vs Witt

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

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

Nokomis has the higher population (2,213 vs 844 in Witt). Nokomis has the higher median household income ($57,625 vs $52,813 in Witt). Nokomis has the higher median home value ($78,400 vs $49,500 in Witt).

Population, income & housing

	Nokomis	Witt
Population	2,213	844
Median age	33.3 yrs	36.4 yrs
Median household income	$57,625	$52,813
Median home value	$78,400	$49,500
Median gross rent	$800	$529
Housing units	1,012	383
Homeownership rate	74.1%	72.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.9%	11.6%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	7.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Nokomis	Witt
Population	2,055 → 2,213 (+7.7%)	786 → 844 (+7.4%)
Median household income	$49,722 → $57,625 (+15.9%)	$37,875 → $52,813 (+39.4%)
Median home value	$71,300 → $78,400 (+10.0%)	$52,000 → $49,500 (-4.8%)
Median gross rent	$674 → $800 (+18.7%)	$553 → $529 (-4.3%)

Nokomis

Population

2,0552,213

Median household income

$49,722$57,625

Median home value

$71,300$78,400

Median gross rent

$674$800

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)

	Nokomis	Witt
Under 5	4.1%	5.2%
5 to 17	24.0%	21.0%
18 to 24	7.9%	11.7%
25 to 34	15.1%	9.0%
35 to 44	11.8%	11.7%
45 to 54	7.2%	9.0%
55 to 64	8.4%	17.1%
65 to 74	12.6%	11.1%
75 and over	8.9%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Nokomis	Witt
White (non-Hispanic)	95.8%	94.4%
Black or African American	0.3%	3.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.5%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Nokomis	Witt
No high school diploma	13.6%	20.2%
High school graduate	47.7%	44.7%
Some college or associate's	26.8%	23.5%
Bachelor's degree	9.2%	10.1%
Graduate or professional degree	2.7%	1.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Nokomis	Witt
Drove alone	80.6%	79.4%
Carpooled	5.9%	6.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.9%	3.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.6%	7.9%
Other means	0.0%	2.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Nokomis	Witt
1-unit, detached	91.1%	84.1%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	4.6%	5.0%
5 to 19 units	0.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.4%	8.9%

Poverty & households

	Nokomis	Witt
Poverty rate	8.9%	21.6%
Average household size	2.58	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	26	36
Median year structure built	1950	1954