Cantrall vs Dawson

A side-by-side comparison of Cantrall and Dawson: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Dawson has the higher population (555 vs 147 in Cantrall). Cantrall has the higher median household income ($84,583 vs $82,880 in Dawson). Cantrall has the higher median home value ($200,000 vs $97,500 in Dawson).

Population, income & housing

	Cantrall	Dawson
Population	147	555
Median age	38.9 yrs	41.0 yrs
Median household income	$84,583	$82,880
Median home value	$200,000	$97,500
Median gross rent	$640	$805
Housing units	65	263
Homeownership rate	85.7%	76.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.0%	9.7%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cantrall	Dawson
Population	128 → 147 (+14.8%)	649 → 555 (-14.5%)
Median household income	$71,875 → $84,583 (+17.7%)	$47,841 → $82,880 (+73.2%)
Median home value	$123,800 → $200,000 (+61.6%)	$97,500 → $97,500 (+0.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$922 → $805 (-12.7%)

Cantrall

Population

128147

Median household income

$71,875$84,583

Median home value

$123,800$200,000

Dawson

Population

649555

Median household income

$47,841$82,880

Median home value

$97,500$97,500

Median gross rent

$922$805

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cantrall	Dawson
Under 5	5.4%	4.7%
5 to 17	10.9%	15.1%
18 to 24	19.7%	7.9%
25 to 34	10.9%	13.5%
35 to 44	7.5%	11.2%
45 to 54	17.0%	14.8%
55 to 64	17.0%	14.1%
65 to 74	6.8%	4.9%
75 and over	4.8%	13.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cantrall	Dawson
White (non-Hispanic)	95.9%	94.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	1.4%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cantrall	Dawson
No high school diploma	2.1%	5.5%
High school graduate	50.0%	49.4%
Some college or associate's	30.9%	35.4%
Bachelor's degree	12.8%	8.7%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	1.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cantrall	Dawson
Drove alone	79.6%	68.2%
Carpooled	10.2%	5.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.2%	26.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cantrall	Dawson
1-unit, detached	98.5%	76.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	19.0%

Poverty & households

	Cantrall	Dawson
Poverty rate	12.2%	6.2%
Average household size	2.63	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	22	22
Median year structure built	1968	1975