Lowpoint vs Panola

A side-by-side comparison of Lowpoint and Panola: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lowpoint has the higher population (184 vs 32 in Panola). Panola has the higher median home value ($123,200 vs $76,000 in Lowpoint). Since 2019, Panola's population has grown faster (+128.6% vs +26.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Lowpoint	Panola
Population	184	32
Median age	34.0 yrs	53.5 yrs
Median household income	—	$78,750
Median home value	$76,000	$123,200
Housing units	74	21
Homeownership rate	94.6%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.5%	36.0%
Unemployment rate	37.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lowpoint	Panola
Population	145 → 184 (+26.9%)	14 → 32 (+128.6%)
Median household income	—	$111,250 → $78,750 (-29.2%)
Median home value	$73,300 → $76,000 (+3.7%)	$167,500 → $123,200 (-26.4%)

Lowpoint

Population

145184

Median home value

$73,300$76,000

Panola

Population

1432

Median household income

$111,250$78,750

Median home value

$167,500$123,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lowpoint	Panola
Under 5	14.7%	6.3%
5 to 17	16.8%	6.3%
18 to 24	7.6%	9.4%
25 to 34	10.9%	9.4%
35 to 44	7.6%	3.1%
45 to 54	4.3%	18.8%
55 to 64	22.8%	31.3%
65 to 74	13.6%	3.1%
75 and over	1.6%	12.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lowpoint	Panola
White (non-Hispanic)	95.1%	100.0%
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	4.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lowpoint	Panola
No high school diploma	0.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	47.3%	40.0%
Some college or associate's	48.2%	24.0%
Bachelor's degree	4.5%	24.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	12.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lowpoint	Panola
Drove alone	90.6%	100.0%
Carpooled	9.4%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lowpoint	Panola
1-unit, detached	100.0%	95.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.8%
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

	Lowpoint	Panola
Poverty rate	24.5%	0.0%
Average household size	2.49	1.88
Mean commute (minutes)	23	31
Median year structure built	1954	2004