Evansville vs Percy

A side-by-side comparison of Evansville and Percy: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Percy has the higher population (1,014 vs 781 in Evansville). Evansville has the higher median household income ($63,125 vs $42,813 in Percy). Percy has the higher median home value ($88,500 vs $84,700 in Evansville).

Population, income & housing

	Evansville	Percy
Population	781	1,014
Median age	40.6 yrs	30.7 yrs
Median household income	$63,125	$42,813
Median home value	$84,700	$88,500
Median gross rent	$775	$714
Housing units	371	515
Homeownership rate	80.7%	57.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.0%	4.3%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	0.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Evansville	Percy
Population	654 → 781 (+19.4%)	958 → 1,014 (+5.8%)
Median household income	$47,778 → $63,125 (+32.1%)	$36,213 → $42,813 (+18.2%)
Median home value	$65,200 → $84,700 (+29.9%)	$75,000 → $88,500 (+18.0%)
Median gross rent	$508 → $775 (+52.6%)	$680 → $714 (+5.0%)

Evansville

Population

654781

Median household income

$47,778$63,125

Median home value

$65,200$84,700

Median gross rent

$508$775

Percy

Population

9581,014

Median household income

$36,213$42,813

Median home value

$75,000$88,500

Median gross rent

$680$714

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Evansville	Percy
Under 5	4.4%	9.8%
5 to 17	21.3%	22.0%
18 to 24	4.2%	10.3%
25 to 34	6.1%	11.2%
35 to 44	20.5%	11.6%
45 to 54	8.6%	10.7%
55 to 64	14.7%	10.0%
65 to 74	16.0%	6.5%
75 and over	4.2%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Evansville	Percy
White (non-Hispanic)	97.8%	73.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.3%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	24.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Evansville	Percy
No high school diploma	13.1%	23.3%
High school graduate	37.4%	39.8%
Some college or associate's	37.4%	32.7%
Bachelor's degree	11.1%	3.6%
Graduate or professional degree	0.9%	0.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Evansville	Percy
Drove alone	84.8%	79.4%
Carpooled	7.3%	15.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.5%	3.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.8%	0.0%
Other means	0.5%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Evansville	Percy
1-unit, detached	79.5%	64.7%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.0%	10.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	14.3%	22.1%

Poverty & households

	Evansville	Percy
Poverty rate	20.0%	11.1%
Average household size	2.27	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	24	21
Median year structure built	1949	1973