Minonk vs Washburn

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

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

Minonk has the higher population (1,909 vs 1,026 in Washburn). Washburn has the higher median household income ($79,306 vs $62,000 in Minonk). Minonk has the higher median home value ($120,600 vs $90,700 in Washburn).

Population, income & housing

	Minonk	Washburn
Population	1,909	1,026
Median age	41.9 yrs	38.5 yrs
Median household income	$62,000	$79,306
Median home value	$120,600	$90,700
Median gross rent	$977	$900
Housing units	896	485
Homeownership rate	69.8%	78.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.1%	17.0%
Unemployment rate	7.3%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Minonk	Washburn
Population	1,979 → 1,909 (-3.5%)	1,148 → 1,026 (-10.6%)
Median household income	$54,932 → $62,000 (+12.9%)	$52,586 → $79,306 (+50.8%)
Median home value	$105,400 → $120,600 (+14.4%)	$80,500 → $90,700 (+12.7%)
Median gross rent	$809 → $977 (+20.8%)	$756 → $900 (+19.0%)

Minonk

Population

1,9791,909

Median household income

$54,932$62,000

Median home value

$105,400$120,600

Median gross rent

$809$977

Washburn

Population

1,1481,026

Median household income

$52,586$79,306

Median home value

$80,500$90,700

Median gross rent

$756$900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Minonk	Washburn
Under 5	4.8%	7.7%
5 to 17	19.1%	15.9%
18 to 24	7.8%	10.0%
25 to 34	14.4%	13.5%
35 to 44	5.7%	9.7%
45 to 54	14.5%	13.2%
55 to 64	15.3%	13.7%
65 to 74	13.3%	11.9%
75 and over	5.2%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Minonk	Washburn
White (non-Hispanic)	95.8%	96.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.0%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.7%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Minonk	Washburn
No high school diploma	10.0%	6.3%
High school graduate	37.9%	39.4%
Some college or associate's	34.0%	37.3%
Bachelor's degree	10.5%	12.3%
Graduate or professional degree	7.6%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Minonk	Washburn
Drove alone	80.6%	84.1%
Carpooled	7.2%	8.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.6%
Walked	5.3%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.1%	6.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Minonk	Washburn
1-unit, detached	83.1%	94.4%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.9%	2.1%
5 to 19 units	4.4%	3.3%
20 or more units	0.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.5%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Minonk	Washburn
Poverty rate	10.4%	9.0%
Average household size	2.25	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	24	39
Median year structure built	1964	1938