Jerome vs Pawnee

A side-by-side comparison of Jerome and Pawnee: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Pawnee has the higher population (2,706 vs 1,910 in Jerome). Pawnee has the higher median household income ($77,977 vs $55,777 in Jerome). Pawnee has the higher median home value ($151,100 vs $116,700 in Jerome).

Population, income & housing

	Jerome	Pawnee
Population	1,910	2,706
Median age	34.6 yrs	45.4 yrs
Median household income	$55,777	$77,977
Median home value	$116,700	$151,100
Median gross rent	$954	$852
Housing units	1,026	1,281
Homeownership rate	69.3%	78.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.1%	29.6%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jerome	Pawnee
Population	2,073 → 1,910 (-7.9%)	2,594 → 2,706 (+4.3%)
Median household income	$52,750 → $55,777 (+5.7%)	$71,313 → $77,977 (+9.3%)
Median home value	$105,900 → $116,700 (+10.2%)	$127,000 → $151,100 (+19.0%)
Median gross rent	$915 → $954 (+4.3%)	$908 → $852 (-6.2%)

Jerome

Population

2,0731,910

Median household income

$52,750$55,777

Median home value

$105,900$116,700

Median gross rent

$915$954

Pawnee

Population

2,5942,706

Median household income

$71,313$77,977

Median home value

$127,000$151,100

Median gross rent

$908$852

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Jerome	Pawnee
Under 5	5.7%	5.5%
5 to 17	15.4%	13.7%
18 to 24	9.5%	11.5%
25 to 34	20.7%	10.1%
35 to 44	10.9%	8.8%
45 to 54	10.7%	19.1%
55 to 64	11.9%	15.5%
65 to 74	8.7%	9.0%
75 and over	6.4%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jerome	Pawnee
White (non-Hispanic)	86.6%	93.3%
Black or African American	3.8%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	3.7%	1.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jerome	Pawnee
No high school diploma	1.5%	6.1%
High school graduate	25.6%	32.3%
Some college or associate's	40.8%	31.9%
Bachelor's degree	23.7%	19.8%
Graduate or professional degree	8.4%	9.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jerome	Pawnee
Drove alone	82.5%	85.0%
Carpooled	3.4%	4.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	6.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.1%	10.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jerome	Pawnee
1-unit, detached	91.7%	83.2%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	4.5%	8.0%
5 to 19 units	1.9%	2.7%
20 or more units	0.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	5.7%

Poverty & households

	Jerome	Pawnee
Poverty rate	4.9%	13.0%
Average household size	1.97	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	17	28
Median year structure built	1959	1972