Percy vs Red Bud

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

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

Red Bud has the higher population (3,789 vs 1,014 in Percy). Red Bud has the higher median household income ($68,051 vs $42,813 in Percy). Red Bud has the higher median home value ($170,300 vs $88,500 in Percy).

Population, income & housing

	Percy	Red Bud
Population	1,014	3,789
Median age	30.7 yrs	39.8 yrs
Median household income	$42,813	$68,051
Median home value	$88,500	$170,300
Median gross rent	$714	$810
Housing units	515	1,623
Homeownership rate	57.8%	76.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.3%	23.2%
Unemployment rate	0.2%	0.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Percy	Red Bud
Population	958 → 1,014 (+5.8%)	3,539 → 3,789 (+7.1%)
Median household income	$36,213 → $42,813 (+18.2%)	$59,205 → $68,051 (+14.9%)
Median home value	$75,000 → $88,500 (+18.0%)	$139,900 → $170,300 (+21.7%)
Median gross rent	$680 → $714 (+5.0%)	$710 → $810 (+14.1%)

Percy

Population

9581,014

Median household income

$36,213$42,813

Median home value

$75,000$88,500

Median gross rent

$680$714

Red Bud

Population

3,5393,789

Median household income

$59,205$68,051

Median home value

$139,900$170,300

Median gross rent

$710$810

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Percy	Red Bud
Under 5	9.8%	6.4%
5 to 17	22.0%	17.9%
18 to 24	10.3%	7.0%
25 to 34	11.2%	12.7%
35 to 44	11.6%	13.8%
45 to 54	10.7%	6.3%
55 to 64	10.0%	14.9%
65 to 74	6.5%	10.6%
75 and over	8.0%	10.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Percy	Red Bud
White (non-Hispanic)	73.4%	95.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.0%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	24.5%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Percy	Red Bud
No high school diploma	23.3%	4.3%
High school graduate	39.8%	34.7%
Some college or associate's	32.7%	37.7%
Bachelor's degree	3.6%	11.4%
Graduate or professional degree	0.7%	11.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Percy	Red Bud
Drove alone	79.4%	72.2%
Carpooled	15.9%	17.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.9%	3.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	7.4%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Percy	Red Bud
1-unit, detached	64.7%	71.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	10.7%	10.0%
5 to 19 units	2.5%	4.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.6%
Mobile home & other	22.1%	7.3%

Poverty & households

	Percy	Red Bud
Poverty rate	11.1%	4.7%
Average household size	2.35	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	21	22
Median year structure built	1973	1981