Du Quoin vs Pinckneyville

A side-by-side comparison of Du Quoin and Pinckneyville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Du Quoin has the higher population (5,780 vs 5,055 in Pinckneyville). Pinckneyville has the higher median household income ($55,000 vs $47,632 in Du Quoin). Pinckneyville has the higher median home value ($117,100 vs $78,000 in Du Quoin).

Population, income & housing

	Du Quoin	Pinckneyville
Population	5,780	5,055
Median age	42.8 yrs	40.1 yrs
Median household income	$47,632	$55,000
Median home value	$78,000	$117,100
Median gross rent	$702	$440
Housing units	2,878	1,800
Homeownership rate	64.0%	80.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.4%	12.0%
Unemployment rate	10.6%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Du Quoin	Pinckneyville
Population	5,761 → 5,780 (+0.3%)	5,436 → 5,055 (-7.0%)
Median household income	$39,794 → $47,632 (+19.7%)	$33,485 → $55,000 (+64.3%)
Median home value	$66,400 → $78,000 (+17.5%)	$80,300 → $117,100 (+45.8%)
Median gross rent	$588 → $702 (+19.4%)	$507 → $440 (-13.2%)

Du Quoin

Population

5,7615,780

Median household income

$39,794$47,632

Median home value

$66,400$78,000

Median gross rent

$588$702

Pinckneyville

Population

5,4365,055

Median household income

$33,485$55,000

Median home value

$80,300$117,100

Median gross rent

$507$440

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Du Quoin	Pinckneyville
Under 5	4.6%	2.2%
5 to 17	17.8%	10.2%
18 to 24	7.3%	4.2%
25 to 34	11.5%	25.6%
35 to 44	13.3%	16.3%
45 to 54	14.5%	14.7%
55 to 64	10.2%	10.9%
65 to 74	10.6%	9.6%
75 and over	10.2%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Du Quoin	Pinckneyville
White (non-Hispanic)	85.8%	67.8%
Black or African American	8.1%	22.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	2.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.8%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	2.4%	7.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Du Quoin	Pinckneyville
No high school diploma	14.1%	28.1%
High school graduate	35.8%	31.1%
Some college or associate's	39.7%	28.8%
Bachelor's degree	6.7%	7.6%
Graduate or professional degree	3.6%	4.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Du Quoin	Pinckneyville
Drove alone	84.5%	93.1%
Carpooled	5.2%	3.8%
Public transit	1.9%	0.0%
Walked	3.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.6%	3.0%
Other means	1.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Du Quoin	Pinckneyville
1-unit, detached	72.2%	74.1%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	14.5%	7.2%
5 to 19 units	1.4%	6.1%
20 or more units	7.3%	5.9%
Mobile home & other	4.1%	6.7%

Poverty & households

	Du Quoin	Pinckneyville
Poverty rate	28.2%	13.0%
Average household size	2.25	1.90
Mean commute (minutes)	22	18
Median year structure built	1963	1956