Lena vs Pearl City

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

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

Lena has the higher population (2,778 vs 798 in Pearl City). Lena has the higher median household income ($76,076 vs $63,500 in Pearl City). Lena has the higher median home value ($154,000 vs $121,300 in Pearl City).

Population, income & housing

	Lena	Pearl City
Population	2,778	798
Median age	43.8 yrs	32.5 yrs
Median household income	$76,076	$63,500
Median home value	$154,000	$121,300
Median gross rent	$647	$747
Housing units	1,250	306
Homeownership rate	80.7%	74.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.7%	17.4%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lena	Pearl City
Population	2,879 → 2,778 (-3.5%)	738 → 798 (+8.1%)
Median household income	$56,367 → $76,076 (+35.0%)	$64,286 → $63,500 (-1.2%)
Median home value	$110,700 → $154,000 (+39.1%)	$96,600 → $121,300 (+25.6%)
Median gross rent	$421 → $647 (+53.7%)	$631 → $747 (+18.4%)

Lena

Population

2,8792,778

Median household income

$56,367$76,076

Median home value

$110,700$154,000

Median gross rent

$421$647

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)

	Lena	Pearl City
Under 5	8.2%	11.3%
5 to 17	17.2%	25.2%
18 to 24	2.7%	7.5%
25 to 34	14.7%	7.4%
35 to 44	8.9%	9.6%
45 to 54	14.1%	12.0%
55 to 64	11.2%	16.3%
65 to 74	9.5%	8.3%
75 and over	13.6%	2.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lena	Pearl City
White (non-Hispanic)	96.7%	95.2%
Black or African American	0.1%	2.6%
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	1.7%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.4%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lena	Pearl City
No high school diploma	5.9%	5.1%
High school graduate	29.5%	34.2%
Some college or associate's	36.9%	43.2%
Bachelor's degree	18.2%	13.0%
Graduate or professional degree	9.5%	4.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lena	Pearl City
Drove alone	81.8%	85.6%
Carpooled	8.2%	3.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.5%	8.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lena	Pearl City
1-unit, detached	79.7%	85.6%
1-unit, attached	5.7%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	2.8%	7.5%
5 to 19 units	8.3%	5.9%
20 or more units	3.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lena	Pearl City
Poverty rate	3.3%	7.4%
Average household size	2.30	2.75
Mean commute (minutes)	28	22
Median year structure built	1970	1973