Delavan vs North Pekin

A side-by-side comparison of Delavan and North Pekin: population, income, housing, and more.

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

North Pekin has the higher population (1,647 vs 1,600 in Delavan). North Pekin has the higher median household income ($79,730 vs $69,038 in Delavan). Delavan has the higher median home value ($118,400 vs $118,100 in North Pekin).

Population, income & housing

	Delavan	North Pekin
Population	1,600	1,647
Median age	38.0 yrs	45.5 yrs
Median household income	$69,038	$79,730
Median home value	$118,400	$118,100
Median gross rent	$775	$1,090
Housing units	741	721
Homeownership rate	78.6%	87.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.5%	21.0%
Unemployment rate	7.7%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Delavan	North Pekin
Population	1,751 → 1,600 (-8.6%)	1,554 → 1,647 (+6.0%)
Median household income	$58,056 → $69,038 (+18.9%)	$57,847 → $79,730 (+37.8%)
Median home value	$110,300 → $118,400 (+7.3%)	$89,800 → $118,100 (+31.5%)
Median gross rent	$743 → $775 (+4.3%)	$928 → $1,090 (+17.5%)

Delavan

Population

1,7511,600

Median household income

$58,056$69,038

Median home value

$110,300$118,400

Median gross rent

$743$775

North Pekin

Population

1,5541,647

Median household income

$57,847$79,730

Median home value

$89,800$118,100

Median gross rent

$928$1,090

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Delavan	North Pekin
Under 5	5.1%	3.5%
5 to 17	24.9%	14.1%
18 to 24	4.3%	8.7%
25 to 34	12.3%	8.4%
35 to 44	13.5%	14.9%
45 to 54	8.7%	13.7%
55 to 64	14.0%	20.6%
65 to 74	6.8%	9.2%
75 and over	10.6%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Delavan	North Pekin
White (non-Hispanic)	91.9%	94.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.8%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	4.7%	0.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Delavan	North Pekin
No high school diploma	9.9%	9.8%
High school graduate	36.0%	38.1%
Some college or associate's	37.5%	31.1%
Bachelor's degree	14.2%	19.5%
Graduate or professional degree	2.4%	1.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Delavan	North Pekin
Drove alone	88.7%	83.0%
Carpooled	3.6%	11.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.9%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.2%
Worked from home	5.3%	3.3%
Other means	0.5%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Delavan	North Pekin
1-unit, detached	87.7%	99.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	11.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Delavan	North Pekin
Poverty rate	12.0%	11.3%
Average household size	2.54	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	29	19
Median year structure built	1951	1965