What is the population of Paxton city?

Paxton city has 4,201 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #367 of 1,462 in Illinois.

What is the median household income in Paxton city?

Median household income in Paxton city is $60,470 a year, 23% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Paxton city?

Median gross rent is $922 a month and the median home value is $116,700, so rent absorbs about 18.3% of median household income.

Is Paxton city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 1.9× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Paxton city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 18.3% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Paxton, IL population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Paxton, Illinois (Paxton, IL — Census place “Paxton city”) is 4,201 residents, ranking #367 of 1462 places in Illinois. Median household income is $60,470, the median home is worth $116,700 and median gross rent runs $922 a month. Looking for the Paxton Illinois ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Paxton, IL: 60957.

Population: 4,201Paxton city residents
Median household income: $60,470Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $116,700Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $922Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 39 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 70.3%Owner-occupied households

Paxton ZIP codes (Illinois)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Paxton.

The Paxton IL ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

60957

What the numbers mean in Paxton city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Paxton city median would spend about 18.3% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 1.9× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 9% of residents and 70.3% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Paxton city, IL in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Paxton city is a small town in Illinois, with 4,201 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #367 of 1,462 ranked by population — larger than 74% of them. The median age here is 39 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.

Households in Paxton city earn a median of $60,470 a year, 23% below the national figure of $78,538 and 19% below the $74,244 median for the 698 Illinois cities we cover. Median household income counts every pre-tax dollar arriving at an address — wages, self-employment, Social Security, pensions, interest and public assistance — for everyone living there, so multi-earner households pull the figure up even where individual pay is modest. Poverty reaches 9% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Paxton city is valued at $116,700, 61.5% below the national figure and 35% below the $179,100 peer median, while median gross rent runs $922 a month, 34.4% below the national figure, or roughly $11,064 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 18.3% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 1.9×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so purchase prices are unusually low against local pay, the pattern in places where supply is plentiful and wage growth has been flat. 70.3% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

Every value on this page is published directly by the Census for this area — nothing is modelled or interpolated. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Paxton city?: Paxton city has 4,201 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #367 of 1,462 in Illinois.
What is the median household income in Paxton city?: Median household income in Paxton city is $60,470 a year, 23% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Paxton city?: Median gross rent is $922 a month and the median home value is $116,700, so rent absorbs about 18.3% of median household income.
Is Paxton city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 1.9× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Paxton city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 18.3% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Paxton city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.