Grayville vs Norris City

A side-by-side comparison of Grayville and Norris City: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Norris City has the higher population (1,613 vs 1,515 in Grayville). Grayville has the higher median household income ($47,308 vs $37,778 in Norris City). Norris City has the higher median home value ($80,800 vs $76,000 in Grayville).

Population, income & housing

	Grayville	Norris City
Population	1,515	1,613
Median age	41.2 yrs	36.2 yrs
Median household income	$47,308	$37,778
Median home value	$76,000	$80,800
Median gross rent	$700	$550
Housing units	761	644
Homeownership rate	66.3%	73.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.1%	10.4%
Unemployment rate	6.8%	14.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grayville	Norris City
Population	1,609 → 1,515 (-5.8%)	1,127 → 1,613 (+43.1%)
Median household income	$44,911 → $47,308 (+5.3%)	$43,125 → $37,778 (-12.4%)
Median home value	$64,800 → $76,000 (+17.3%)	$56,100 → $80,800 (+44.0%)
Median gross rent	$461 → $700 (+51.8%)	$519 → $550 (+6.0%)

Grayville

Population

1,6091,515

Median household income

$44,911$47,308

Median home value

$64,800$76,000

Median gross rent

$461$700

Norris City

Population

1,1271,613

Median household income

$43,125$37,778

Median home value

$56,100$80,800

Median gross rent

$519$550

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Grayville	Norris City
Under 5	3.0%	4.5%
5 to 17	20.7%	29.8%
18 to 24	7.1%	6.6%
25 to 34	9.2%	8.5%
35 to 44	16.0%	11.4%
45 to 54	9.9%	11.7%
55 to 64	13.3%	11.3%
65 to 74	13.7%	7.1%
75 and over	7.3%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grayville	Norris City
White (non-Hispanic)	94.5%	97.3%
Black or African American	1.1%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	1.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Grayville	Norris City
No high school diploma	12.9%	16.5%
High school graduate	32.0%	31.5%
Some college or associate's	43.0%	41.7%
Bachelor's degree	9.6%	7.5%
Graduate or professional degree	2.5%	2.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grayville	Norris City
Drove alone	63.2%	77.2%
Carpooled	14.5%	11.4%
Public transit	0.2%	1.5%
Walked	9.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.1%	7.7%
Other means	0.5%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Grayville	Norris City
1-unit, detached	69.5%	72.7%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.9%	21.7%
5 to 19 units	4.2%	1.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	16.7%	4.0%

Poverty & households

	Grayville	Norris City
Poverty rate	32.1%	23.4%
Average household size	2.34	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	27	30
Median year structure built	1958	1970