Delavan vs South Pekin

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

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

Delavan has the higher population (1,600 vs 949 in South Pekin). Delavan has the higher median household income ($69,038 vs $64,750 in South Pekin). Delavan has the higher median home value ($118,400 vs $106,000 in South Pekin).

Population, income & housing

	Delavan	South Pekin
Population	1,600	949
Median age	38.0 yrs	35.5 yrs
Median household income	$69,038	$64,750
Median home value	$118,400	$106,000
Median gross rent	$775	$741
Housing units	741	380
Homeownership rate	78.6%	78.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.5%	8.6%
Unemployment rate	7.7%	6.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Delavan	South Pekin
Population	1,751 → 1,600 (-8.6%)	1,170 → 949 (-18.9%)
Median household income	$58,056 → $69,038 (+18.9%)	$49,167 → $64,750 (+31.7%)
Median home value	$110,300 → $118,400 (+7.3%)	$80,000 → $106,000 (+32.5%)
Median gross rent	$743 → $775 (+4.3%)	$739 → $741 (+0.3%)

Delavan

Population

1,7511,600

Median household income

$58,056$69,038

Median home value

$110,300$118,400

Median gross rent

$743$775

South Pekin

Population

1,170949

Median household income

$49,167$64,750

Median home value

$80,000$106,000

Median gross rent

$739$741

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Delavan	South Pekin
Under 5	5.1%	7.5%
5 to 17	24.9%	18.5%
18 to 24	4.3%	11.3%
25 to 34	12.3%	12.1%
35 to 44	13.5%	13.1%
45 to 54	8.7%	9.9%
55 to 64	14.0%	16.0%
65 to 74	6.8%	8.4%
75 and over	10.6%	3.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Delavan	South Pekin
White (non-Hispanic)	91.9%	94.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.8%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	4.7%	4.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Delavan	South Pekin
No high school diploma	9.9%	11.6%
High school graduate	36.0%	45.2%
Some college or associate's	37.5%	34.6%
Bachelor's degree	14.2%	7.6%
Graduate or professional degree	2.4%	1.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Delavan	South Pekin
Drove alone	88.7%	88.1%
Carpooled	3.6%	5.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.9%
Walked	1.9%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	5.3%	2.1%
Other means	0.5%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Delavan	South Pekin
1-unit, detached	87.7%	90.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	11.7%	7.9%
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	South Pekin
Poverty rate	12.0%	11.7%
Average household size	2.54	2.75
Mean commute (minutes)	29	26
Median year structure built	1951	1960