Bay View Gardens vs Panola

A side-by-side comparison of Bay View Gardens and Panola: population, income, housing, and more.

Bay View Gardens and Panola are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Bay View Gardens has the higher population (287 vs 32 in Panola). Panola has the higher median household income ($78,750 vs $46,875 in Bay View Gardens). Panola has the higher median home value ($123,200 vs $116,700 in Bay View Gardens).

Population, income & housing

	Bay View Gardens	Panola
Population	287	32
Median age	47.2 yrs	53.5 yrs
Median household income	$46,875	$78,750
Median home value	$116,700	$123,200
Median gross rent	$748	—
Housing units	146	21
Homeownership rate	68.2%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.1%	36.0%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bay View Gardens	Panola
Population	395 → 287 (-27.3%)	14 → 32 (+128.6%)
Median household income	$36,667 → $46,875 (+27.8%)	$111,250 → $78,750 (-29.2%)
Median home value	$102,400 → $116,700 (+14.0%)	$167,500 → $123,200 (-26.4%)
Median gross rent	$725 → $748 (+3.2%)	—

Bay View Gardens

Population

395287

Median household income

$36,667$46,875

Median home value

$102,400$116,700

Median gross rent

$725$748

Panola

Population

1432

Median household income

$111,250$78,750

Median home value

$167,500$123,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bay View Gardens	Panola
Under 5	8.0%	6.3%
5 to 17	8.4%	6.3%
18 to 24	4.2%	9.4%
25 to 34	18.5%	9.4%
35 to 44	9.4%	3.1%
45 to 54	7.7%	18.8%
55 to 64	23.0%	31.3%
65 to 74	16.7%	3.1%
75 and over	4.2%	12.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bay View Gardens	Panola
White (non-Hispanic)	99.7%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	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	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bay View Gardens	Panola
No high school diploma	27.6%	0.0%
High school graduate	30.7%	40.0%
Some college or associate's	31.6%	24.0%
Bachelor's degree	8.8%	24.0%
Graduate or professional degree	1.3%	12.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bay View Gardens	Panola
Drove alone	92.0%	100.0%
Carpooled	2.4%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	2.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.2%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bay View Gardens	Panola
1-unit, detached	79.5%	95.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.8%
2 to 4 units	8.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	10.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bay View Gardens	Panola
Poverty rate	17.8%	0.0%
Average household size	2.22	1.88
Mean commute (minutes)	21	31
Median year structure built	1965	2004