Bismarck vs Fithian

A side-by-side comparison of Bismarck and Fithian: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Fithian has the higher population (546 vs 510 in Bismarck). Fithian has the higher median household income ($77,292 vs $76,875 in Bismarck). Fithian has the higher median home value ($114,000 vs $110,300 in Bismarck).

Population, income & housing

	Bismarck	Fithian
Population	510	546
Median age	42.5 yrs	47.2 yrs
Median household income	$76,875	$77,292
Median home value	$110,300	$114,000
Median gross rent	$817	$1,031
Housing units	223	218
Homeownership rate	86.2%	85.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.1%	15.2%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bismarck	Fithian
Population	616 → 510 (-17.2%)	431 → 546 (+26.7%)
Median household income	$65,625 → $76,875 (+17.1%)	$53,438 → $77,292 (+44.6%)
Median home value	$95,600 → $110,300 (+15.4%)	$88,400 → $114,000 (+29.0%)
Median gross rent	$750 → $817 (+8.9%)	$675 → $1,031 (+52.7%)

Bismarck

Population

616510

Median household income

$65,625$76,875

Median home value

$95,600$110,300

Median gross rent

$750$817

Fithian

Population

431546

Median household income

$53,438$77,292

Median home value

$88,400$114,000

Median gross rent

$675$1,031

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bismarck	Fithian
Under 5	5.9%	2.2%
5 to 17	20.0%	19.4%
18 to 24	4.1%	6.0%
25 to 34	11.2%	7.9%
35 to 44	14.7%	10.8%
45 to 54	17.6%	11.7%
55 to 64	9.6%	19.8%
65 to 74	8.4%	15.2%
75 and over	8.4%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bismarck	Fithian
White (non-Hispanic)	94.3%	94.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.5%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	2.0%	1.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bismarck	Fithian
No high school diploma	1.4%	3.8%
High school graduate	19.3%	45.6%
Some college or associate's	57.1%	35.4%
Bachelor's degree	10.9%	10.9%
Graduate or professional degree	11.2%	4.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bismarck	Fithian
Drove alone	87.7%	96.2%
Carpooled	4.7%	0.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.7%	0.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bismarck	Fithian
1-unit, detached	95.5%	93.6%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.9%	1.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.7%	5.0%

Poverty & households

	Bismarck	Fithian
Poverty rate	10.3%	10.7%
Average household size	2.35	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	24	24
Median year structure built	1970	1957