Metamora vs Minonk

A side-by-side comparison of Metamora and Minonk: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Metamora has the higher population (4,094 vs 1,909 in Minonk). Metamora has the higher median household income ($99,091 vs $62,000 in Minonk). Metamora has the higher median home value ($209,800 vs $120,600 in Minonk).

Population, income & housing

	Metamora	Minonk
Population	4,094	1,909
Median age	36.1 yrs	41.9 yrs
Median household income	$99,091	$62,000
Median home value	$209,800	$120,600
Median gross rent	$880	$977
Housing units	1,604	896
Homeownership rate	90.7%	69.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	54.6%	18.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	7.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Metamora	Minonk
Population	3,773 → 4,094 (+8.5%)	1,979 → 1,909 (-3.5%)
Median household income	$63,710 → $99,091 (+55.5%)	$54,932 → $62,000 (+12.9%)
Median home value	$171,300 → $209,800 (+22.5%)	$105,400 → $120,600 (+14.4%)
Median gross rent	$918 → $880 (-4.1%)	$809 → $977 (+20.8%)

Metamora

Population

3,7734,094

Median household income

$63,710$99,091

Median home value

$171,300$209,800

Median gross rent

$918$880

Minonk

Population

1,9791,909

Median household income

$54,932$62,000

Median home value

$105,400$120,600

Median gross rent

$809$977

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Metamora	Minonk
Under 5	9.5%	4.8%
5 to 17	17.8%	19.1%
18 to 24	5.2%	7.8%
25 to 34	11.9%	14.4%
35 to 44	16.1%	5.7%
45 to 54	13.2%	14.5%
55 to 64	11.3%	15.3%
65 to 74	5.4%	13.3%
75 and over	9.6%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Metamora	Minonk
White (non-Hispanic)	96.0%	95.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.3%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.8%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Metamora	Minonk
No high school diploma	3.4%	10.0%
High school graduate	17.1%	37.9%
Some college or associate's	25.0%	34.0%
Bachelor's degree	31.6%	10.5%
Graduate or professional degree	23.0%	7.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Metamora	Minonk
Drove alone	79.4%	80.6%
Carpooled	11.5%	7.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	5.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.8%
Worked from home	9.1%	6.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Metamora	Minonk
1-unit, detached	81.2%	83.1%
1-unit, attached	9.7%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	6.3%	3.9%
5 to 19 units	2.9%	4.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	6.5%

Poverty & households

	Metamora	Minonk
Poverty rate	5.5%	10.4%
Average household size	2.51	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	24	24
Median year structure built	1989	1964