Ritchie vs Symerton

A side-by-side comparison of Ritchie and Symerton: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Ritchie has the higher population (125 vs 113 in Symerton). Ritchie has the higher median home value ($303,300 vs $208,300 in Symerton). Since 2019, Symerton's population has grown faster (+11.9% vs -23.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Ritchie	Symerton
Population	125	113
Median age	41.1 yrs	30.8 yrs
Median household income	—	$100,500
Median home value	$303,300	$208,300
Housing units	54	42
Homeownership rate	87.0%	97.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.0%	15.1%
Unemployment rate	13.7%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ritchie	Symerton
Population	164 → 125 (-23.8%)	101 → 113 (+11.9%)
Median household income	$54,402 → $62,143 (+14.2%)	$72,917 → $100,500 (+37.8%)
Median home value	$161,700 → $303,300 (+87.6%)	$131,300 → $208,300 (+58.6%)

Ritchie

Population

164125

Median household income

$54,402$62,143

Median home value

$161,700$303,300

Symerton

Population

101113

Median household income

$72,917$100,500

Median home value

$131,300$208,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ritchie	Symerton
Under 5	9.6%	8.8%
5 to 17	0.0%	17.7%
18 to 24	4.0%	8.8%
25 to 34	36.0%	27.4%
35 to 44	6.4%	15.9%
45 to 54	12.0%	7.1%
55 to 64	28.0%	9.7%
65 to 74	4.0%	1.8%
75 and over	0.0%	2.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ritchie	Symerton
White (non-Hispanic)	66.4%	95.6%
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	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	33.6%	4.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ritchie	Symerton
No high school diploma	0.0%	2.7%
High school graduate	53.7%	58.9%
Some college or associate's	33.3%	23.3%
Bachelor's degree	4.6%	13.7%
Graduate or professional degree	8.3%	1.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ritchie	Symerton
Drove alone	81.4%	82.5%
Carpooled	0.0%	6.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.6%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	11.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ritchie	Symerton
1-unit, detached	100.0%	85.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	14.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Ritchie	Symerton
Poverty rate	5.6%	3.5%
Average household size	2.31	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	25	32
Median year structure built	1948	1946