Pecatonica vs Winnebago

A side-by-side comparison of Pecatonica and Winnebago: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Winnebago has the higher population (2,896 vs 2,178 in Pecatonica). Winnebago has the higher median household income ($82,813 vs $71,500 in Pecatonica). Winnebago has the higher median home value ($180,300 vs $134,900 in Pecatonica).

Population, income & housing

	Pecatonica	Winnebago
Population	2,178	2,896
Median age	40.7 yrs	43.0 yrs
Median household income	$71,500	$82,813
Median home value	$134,900	$180,300
Median gross rent	$1,089	$941
Housing units	988	1,238
Homeownership rate	79.0%	85.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.1%	26.9%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pecatonica	Winnebago
Population	2,243 → 2,178 (-2.9%)	3,387 → 2,896 (-14.5%)
Median household income	$56,500 → $71,500 (+26.5%)	$83,005 → $82,813 (-0.2%)
Median home value	$114,500 → $134,900 (+17.8%)	$140,300 → $180,300 (+28.5%)
Median gross rent	$865 → $1,089 (+25.9%)	$821 → $941 (+14.6%)

Pecatonica

Population

2,2432,178

Median household income

$56,500$71,500

Median home value

$114,500$134,900

Median gross rent

$865$1,089

Winnebago

Population

3,3872,896

Median household income

$83,005$82,813

Median home value

$140,300$180,300

Median gross rent

$821$941

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pecatonica	Winnebago
Under 5	7.2%	7.0%
5 to 17	15.2%	16.6%
18 to 24	7.3%	5.3%
25 to 34	12.6%	11.3%
35 to 44	10.7%	11.0%
45 to 54	15.1%	10.4%
55 to 64	15.3%	14.0%
65 to 74	6.8%	14.7%
75 and over	9.7%	9.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pecatonica	Winnebago
White (non-Hispanic)	88.3%	91.0%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	0.8%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.3%
Two or more races	6.5%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	3.4%	3.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pecatonica	Winnebago
No high school diploma	6.8%	8.0%
High school graduate	32.4%	25.3%
Some college or associate's	39.7%	39.9%
Bachelor's degree	16.3%	13.8%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	13.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pecatonica	Winnebago
Drove alone	79.3%	80.4%
Carpooled	9.3%	7.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.3%	11.0%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pecatonica	Winnebago
1-unit, detached	79.0%	86.9%
1-unit, attached	7.7%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	9.2%	5.9%
5 to 19 units	3.6%	2.3%
20 or more units	0.4%	4.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Pecatonica	Winnebago
Poverty rate	6.6%	7.1%
Average household size	2.36	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	29	26
Median year structure built	1957	1985