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Hoopeston gives you more for your money than most places: homes are within reach, about $83K for a typical one, or 1.5 years of the Danville area’s $57K median household income. It grades C− overall, 655th of 767 graded towns in Illinois. The low prices come with trade-offs. The median household income is $61K, and 16% of residents live below the poverty line, and residents are less healthy than 81% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. On the plus side, it is more walkable than 90% of U.S. towns. Hoopeston has 2 places on the National Register of Historic Places, among them Hoopes-Cunningham Mansion and Hoopeston Carnegie Public Library. Only 9 of the 458 Illinois towns we compare have a lower typical home value than Hoopeston. The biggest park or preserve is McFerren Park, at 28 acres.
Where Hoopeston beats most towns.
Hoopes-Cunningham MansionEach subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Illinois), ordered by how far Hoopeston is from typical.
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Census counts: 1,272 in 1880, a peak of 6,606 in 1960, 4,915 in 2020. The archive holds 24 old photos and papers going back to 1910 and 2 maps from 1938 on.
2 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Hoopeston, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Sep 12, 2025.
Ordered by what stands out in Hoopeston.
Hoopeston trades lower home prices for longer drives to work and has commutes shorter than most of Illinois, but it has seen reported crime rise by about half.
Homes are within reach (about $83K for the typical one, A− for cost of living), but half of working residents commute more than 25 miles. At 1.5 years of the Danville area’s $57K median household income, the typical home (about $83K) costs less against local pay than in 93% of Illinois towns; that ratio is one input to its A− for cost of living.
Hoopeston’s median rent is $882 a month, where Illinois’ towns sit at $1,129 a month and U.S. towns at $1,185 a month. The typical Hoopeston home is worth about $83,000, up 1% in a year, 72% below the Illinois typical home.
| Hoopeston | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $882 a month | $1,129 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 69% | 75% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
42% of adults have obesity in Hoopeston, above both the Illinois town median (37%) and the median of U.S. towns (35%). 40% of adults have high blood pressure in Hoopeston. Hoopeston beats the Illinois average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 14.
| Hoopeston | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 42% | 37% | 35% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 35% | 35% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 13% | 14% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 23% | 25% |
| What stands out | Hoopeston | IL |
|---|---|---|
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 18.3% | 10.3% |
| More adults with COPD | 9.7% | 6.3% |
| More smokers | 17.1% | 12.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Reported crimes rose from 70 to 118 over the last three FBI years, a rise beyond ordinary year-to-year swings.
The violent crime rate in Hoopeston is 4.5 per 1,000 residents.
| Hoopeston | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 4.5 per 1,000 residents | 1 | 1.6 |
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 20.9 per 1,000 residents | 7.9 | 9.9 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
The average commute for its 1,978 working residents takes 19 minutes, against 27.8 across Illinois.
About one in 4 of Hoopeston’s working residents works in town. Hoopeston’s average trip to work is 19 minutes. Jobs based in Hoopeston fell to 1,057 in 2023, 82 fewer than in 2013.
| Hoopeston | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 23% | 8.3% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 19 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $61,000 | $83,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Hoopeston has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 85°, January nights drop to 17° and about 20 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Adults 18 to 34 are 29% of residents (23% statewide). 14% of Hoopeston residents are 65 or older. Hoopeston has lost 4.8% of its people since 2020, down to 4,676 in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate.
| Hoopeston | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aged 65 or older | 14% | 19% | 18% |
| Under 18 | 19% | 22% | 22% |
| Median age | 38.7 years | 40.7 years | 40.5 years |
51% women, 49% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±6 points. Across Illinois, 50.6% of residents are women.
| Hoopeston | IL | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 8.3% | 11.5% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 10.7% | 10.4% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 10% | 9.1% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 18.6% | 13.6% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 10.9% | 13.3% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 10.5% | 12.4% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 17% | 12.8% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 8.7% | 10% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 5.2% | 7% | 7% |
| No diploma | 7.3% | 9.5% | 10.4% |
| High school | 31.4% | 25.1% | 26% |
| Some college | 19.8% | 19.2% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 12% | 8.3% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 16.9% | 22.6% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 12.7% | 15.3% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 4,700, single groups can be off by several points
| Hoopeston | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.2 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 2% | 3.7% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. McFerren Park | 0.2 mi | 28 |
| 2. North Side Park | 0.2 mi | 4 |
| 3. Union Park | — | 4 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 51% of U.S. communities. Since 2002, 2 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Hoopeston.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
None within 15 miles of Hoopeston; the nearest are
About 1 of every 100 Hoopeston residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Illinois.
2 places in Hoopeston on the National Register of Historic Places.
5 notable people were born in Hoopeston.
City in Illinois, United States
Hoopeston () is a city in Grant Township, Vermilion County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2020 census, the city population was 4,915.
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Hoopeston grades C− overall, better than 20% of U.S. towns and #655 of 767 in Illinois. It grades C− for health, C− for safety and C for schools. Jobs & income is its weak spot, with a D.
Not for the area. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades A−.
5 notable people were born here, including Jean Hixson and Thad Matta.
