Percy vs Steeleville

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

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

Steeleville has the higher population (1,732 vs 1,014 in Percy). Steeleville has the higher median household income ($60,982 vs $42,813 in Percy). Steeleville has the higher median home value ($155,100 vs $88,500 in Percy).

Population, income & housing

	Percy	Steeleville
Population	1,014	1,732
Median age	30.7 yrs	47.5 yrs
Median household income	$42,813	$60,982
Median home value	$88,500	$155,100
Median gross rent	$714	$775
Housing units	515	890
Homeownership rate	57.8%	70.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.3%	14.3%
Unemployment rate	0.2%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Percy	Steeleville
Population	958 → 1,014 (+5.8%)	2,095 → 1,732 (-17.3%)
Median household income	$36,213 → $42,813 (+18.2%)	$54,213 → $60,982 (+12.5%)
Median home value	$75,000 → $88,500 (+18.0%)	$91,500 → $155,100 (+69.5%)
Median gross rent	$680 → $714 (+5.0%)	$693 → $775 (+11.8%)

Percy

Population

9581,014

Median household income

$36,213$42,813

Median home value

$75,000$88,500

Median gross rent

$680$714

Steeleville

Population

2,0951,732

Median household income

$54,213$60,982

Median home value

$91,500$155,100

Median gross rent

$693$775

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Percy	Steeleville
Under 5	9.8%	1.7%
5 to 17	22.0%	16.8%
18 to 24	10.3%	9.6%
25 to 34	11.2%	4.1%
35 to 44	11.6%	13.8%
45 to 54	10.7%	15.5%
55 to 64	10.0%	11.4%
65 to 74	6.5%	13.0%
75 and over	8.0%	14.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Percy	Steeleville
White (non-Hispanic)	73.4%	92.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.0%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	24.5%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Percy	Steeleville
No high school diploma	23.3%	10.4%
High school graduate	39.8%	31.0%
Some college or associate's	32.7%	44.3%
Bachelor's degree	3.6%	10.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.7%	4.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Percy	Steeleville
Drove alone	79.4%	90.6%
Carpooled	15.9%	5.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.9%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	1.8%
Other means	0.7%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Percy	Steeleville
1-unit, detached	64.7%	76.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	10.7%	9.4%
5 to 19 units	2.5%	0.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	22.1%	12.8%

Poverty & households

	Percy	Steeleville
Poverty rate	11.1%	13.5%
Average household size	2.35	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	21	20
Median year structure built	1973	1971