Claremont vs Parkersburg

A side-by-side comparison of Claremont and Parkersburg: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Parkersburg has the higher population (233 vs 147 in Claremont). Parkersburg has the higher median household income ($42,417 vs $38,250 in Claremont). Parkersburg has the higher median home value ($54,300 vs $46,500 in Claremont).

Population, income & housing

	Claremont	Parkersburg
Population	147	233
Median age	49.7 yrs	42.2 yrs
Median household income	$38,250	$42,417
Median home value	$46,500	$54,300
Median gross rent	$765	—
Housing units	97	116
Homeownership rate	82.9%	94.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.5%	3.4%
Unemployment rate	20.0%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Claremont	Parkersburg
Population	207 → 147 (-29.0%)	189 → 233 (+23.3%)
Median household income	$46,458 → $38,250 (-17.7%)	$43,333 → $42,417 (-2.1%)
Median home value	$75,600 → $46,500 (-38.5%)	$46,700 → $54,300 (+16.3%)
Median gross rent	$625 → $765 (+22.4%)	$525 → $975 (+85.7%)

Claremont

Population

207147

Median household income

$46,458$38,250

Median home value

$75,600$46,500

Median gross rent

$625$765

Parkersburg

Population

189233

Median household income

$43,333$42,417

Median home value

$46,700$54,300

Median gross rent

$525$975

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Claremont	Parkersburg
Under 5	0.0%	9.4%
5 to 17	22.4%	15.9%
18 to 24	2.0%	12.0%
25 to 34	4.8%	8.2%
35 to 44	15.6%	8.6%
45 to 54	13.6%	8.6%
55 to 64	17.0%	12.9%
65 to 74	13.6%	7.7%
75 and over	10.9%	16.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Claremont	Parkersburg
White (non-Hispanic)	93.2%	98.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.7%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	6.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Claremont	Parkersburg
No high school diploma	16.2%	35.6%
High school graduate	35.1%	20.5%
Some college or associate's	35.1%	40.4%
Bachelor's degree	8.1%	2.7%
Graduate or professional degree	5.4%	0.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Claremont	Parkersburg
Drove alone	85.7%	89.1%
Carpooled	12.9%	7.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.4%	3.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Claremont	Parkersburg
1-unit, detached	71.1%	46.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	28.9%	53.4%

Poverty & households

	Claremont	Parkersburg
Poverty rate	29.3%	10.0%
Average household size	1.93	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	24	27
Median year structure built	1973	1975