Deer Creek vs Minier

A side-by-side comparison of Deer Creek and Minier: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Minier has the higher population (999 vs 566 in Deer Creek). Deer Creek has the higher median household income ($87,813 vs $77,500 in Minier). Deer Creek has the higher median home value ($141,400 vs $138,200 in Minier).

Population, income & housing

	Deer Creek	Minier
Population	566	999
Median age	38.7 yrs	39.5 yrs
Median household income	$87,813	$77,500
Median home value	$141,400	$138,200
Median gross rent	$1,108	$743
Housing units	267	471
Homeownership rate	80.4%	85.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.4%	28.5%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Deer Creek	Minier
Population	601 → 566 (-5.8%)	1,172 → 999 (-14.8%)
Median household income	$58,281 → $87,813 (+50.7%)	$60,288 → $77,500 (+28.5%)
Median home value	$130,100 → $141,400 (+8.7%)	$118,100 → $138,200 (+17.0%)
Median gross rent	$904 → $1,108 (+22.6%)	$842 → $743 (-11.8%)

Deer Creek

Population

601566

Median household income

$58,281$87,813

Median home value

$130,100$141,400

Median gross rent

$904$1,108

Minier

Population

1,172999

Median household income

$60,288$77,500

Median home value

$118,100$138,200

Median gross rent

$842$743

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Deer Creek	Minier
Under 5	5.3%	4.6%
5 to 17	14.3%	17.7%
18 to 24	12.2%	12.7%
25 to 34	14.3%	10.8%
35 to 44	10.2%	9.6%
45 to 54	14.5%	14.6%
55 to 64	12.5%	9.6%
65 to 74	9.4%	9.9%
75 and over	7.2%	10.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Deer Creek	Minier
White (non-Hispanic)	98.4%	93.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.2%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Deer Creek	Minier
No high school diploma	4.4%	0.9%
High school graduate	30.8%	47.8%
Some college or associate's	39.4%	22.8%
Bachelor's degree	19.4%	22.7%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Deer Creek	Minier
Drove alone	81.4%	78.3%
Carpooled	13.0%	2.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.7%	4.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.0%	13.1%
Other means	0.0%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Deer Creek	Minier
1-unit, detached	88.0%	79.0%
1-unit, attached	8.2%	5.1%
2 to 4 units	0.7%	10.8%
5 to 19 units	3.0%	1.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	3.6%

Poverty & households

	Deer Creek	Minier
Poverty rate	8.1%	7.7%
Average household size	2.31	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	28	23
Median year structure built	1959	1964