Dakota vs Pearl City

A side-by-side comparison of Dakota and Pearl City: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Pearl City has the higher population (798 vs 625 in Dakota). Pearl City has the higher median household income ($63,500 vs $57,063 in Dakota). Pearl City has the higher median home value ($121,300 vs $115,700 in Dakota).

Population, income & housing

	Dakota	Pearl City
Population	625	798
Median age	33.4 yrs	32.5 yrs
Median household income	$57,063	$63,500
Median home value	$115,700	$121,300
Median gross rent	$644	$747
Housing units	279	306
Homeownership rate	63.7%	74.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.4%	17.4%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dakota	Pearl City
Population	562 → 625 (+11.2%)	738 → 798 (+8.1%)
Median household income	$57,679 → $57,063 (-1.1%)	$64,286 → $63,500 (-1.2%)
Median home value	$94,300 → $115,700 (+22.7%)	$96,600 → $121,300 (+25.6%)
Median gross rent	$675 → $644 (-4.6%)	$631 → $747 (+18.4%)

Dakota

Population

562625

Median household income

$57,679$57,063

Median home value

$94,300$115,700

Median gross rent

$675$644

Pearl City

Population

738798

Median household income

$64,286$63,500

Median home value

$96,600$121,300

Median gross rent

$631$747

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dakota	Pearl City
Under 5	6.4%	11.3%
5 to 17	25.8%	25.2%
18 to 24	12.6%	7.5%
25 to 34	6.9%	7.4%
35 to 44	10.1%	9.6%
45 to 54	16.2%	12.0%
55 to 64	5.6%	16.3%
65 to 74	9.6%	8.3%
75 and over	6.9%	2.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dakota	Pearl City
White (non-Hispanic)	90.9%	95.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.9%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dakota	Pearl City
No high school diploma	7.2%	5.1%
High school graduate	35.1%	34.2%
Some college or associate's	40.3%	43.2%
Bachelor's degree	7.2%	13.0%
Graduate or professional degree	10.1%	4.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dakota	Pearl City
Drove alone	68.1%	85.6%
Carpooled	15.0%	3.6%
Public transit	5.9%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.3%	8.3%
Other means	2.0%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dakota	Pearl City
1-unit, detached	84.6%	85.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	9.7%	7.5%
5 to 19 units	5.0%	5.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Dakota	Pearl City
Poverty rate	12.5%	7.4%
Average household size	2.91	2.75
Mean commute (minutes)	24	22
Median year structure built	1945	1973