Village · White County, Illinois

Norris City, Illinois

Norris City is a village in White County, Illinois. It has 1,624 residents. Norris City, Illinois has a quality-of-life score of 17 out of 100 (very low), ranking #13,026 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Illinois it ranks #660 of 697 cities and towns. It ranks best on social associations (high), public libraries (high) and homicide rate (low). It ranks worst on broadband subscriptions (low), new business applications (low) and public EV charging ports (low).

17Very low

Quality-of-life score: #13,026 of 15,651 cities and towns
Illinois: #660 of 697 in IL
Population: 1,624 (2020-2024)
Land area: 1 mi²
Density: 1,385.6 /mi²
FIPS code: 1753403

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 71 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety68#5,051/15,637
Economy10#14,001/15,631
Housing84#2,442/14,977
Health22#12,194/15,609
Healthcare13#13,620/15,650
Environment8#14,214/15,453
Education19#12,691/15,649
Infrastructure1#15,467/15,650
Community56#6,823/15,651
Leisure & amenities16#13,218/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Norris City, Illinois ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “White County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Social associations · high24.6 /10k
99/100Illinois 9.8 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteWhite County value
Public libraries · high3.0 /10k
96/100Illinois 0.6 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesWhite County value
Homicide rate · low0.0 /100k
94/100Illinois 6.2 /100kUnited States 4.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataWhite County value
Violent crime rate · low77 /100k
91/100Illinois 251 /100kUnited States 328 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationCovers part of the area: some reporting agencies or member counties have no figureWhite County value
Home price to income ratio · low2.0×
90/100Illinois 3.2×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Job growth · high2.0%
88/100Illinois 0.0%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional dataWhite County value

Weaknesses

Broadband subscriptions · low73.5%
1/100Illinois 90.8%United States 91.0%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B28002
New business applications · low6.4 /1k
1/100Illinois 14.9 /1kUnited States 16.6 /1k2025U.S. Census BureauWhite County value
Public EV charging ports · low0.0 /10k
3/100Illinois 4.8 /10kUnited States 7.6 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of EnergyWhite County value
Gyms and fitness centers · low0.0 /10k
4/100Illinois 1.1 /10kUnited States 1.3 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsWhite County value
Preventable hospital stays · high4,439 /100k
5/100Illinois 3,343 /100kUnited States 2,769 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteWhite County value
Distance to an airport · high125 mi
5/100Illinois 35 miUnited States 33 mi2025Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauWhite County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationRising
1,127 (2015-2019) → 1,624 (2020-2024)
+44%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
66.7% (2015-2019) → 31.0% (2020-2024)
−36 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Child poverty rateImproving
50.6% (2015-2019) → 17.9% (2020-2024)
−33 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Poverty rateImproving
33.5% (2015-2019) → 14.6% (2020-2024)
−19 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%
Home price to income ratioWorsening
1.3× (2015-2019) → 2.0× (2020-2024)
+57%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×
Rent as share of incomeImproving
36.4% (2015-2019) → 27.4% (2020-2024)
−9 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Norris City, Illinois improved on 3 of 12 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 9 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved3

Child poverty−33 points50.6% → 17.9%
Poverty−19 points33.5% → 14.6%
Rent burden−36 points66.7% → 31.0%

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 12 measures

Change of every measure of Norris City, Illinois between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	22.9 min2015-2019	27.7 min2020-2024	+4.8 min	Within the margin of error	10%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.9%2015-2019	11.4%2020-2024	+1.5 points	Within the margin of error	38%
Broadband subscriptions	78.5%2015-2019	73.5%2020-2024	−4.9 points	Within the margin of error	2%
Child poverty rate	50.6%2015-2019	17.9%2020-2024	−33 points	Improved	98%
Effective property tax rate	1.49%2015-2019	1.24%2020-2024	−0.2 points	Within the margin of error	67%
High school diploma or higher	92.8%2015-2019	85.3%2020-2024	−7.5 points	Within the margin of error	3%
Home price to income ratio	1.3×2015-2019	2.0×2020-2024	+0.7×	Within the margin of error	33%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4372015-2019	0.4322020-2024	−0.005	Within the margin of error	55%
Median household income	$43,1252015-2019	$42,3332020-2024	−1.8%	Within the margin of error	6%
Poverty rate	33.5%2015-2019	14.6%2020-2024	−19 points	Improved	99%
Rent as share of income	36.4%2015-2019	27.4%2020-2024	−9 points	Within the margin of error	92%
Rent-burdened households	66.7%2015-2019	31.0%2020-2024	−36 points	Improved	99%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Norris City, Illinois five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Norris City, Illinois in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Norris City, Illinois itself moved +0.7 points in standing on average over the same 10 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

1,624 residents (±319)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

582 households (±99)

Norris City, Illinois
Illinois share

Under $25k26%†149
$25k–50k27%†159
$50k–75k

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

582 households (±99)

Norris City, Illinois
Illinois share

Own71%416
Rent29%†166

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (−5.9 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

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Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

610 workers (±145)

Norris City, Illinois
Illinois share

Drive alone78%474
Carpool12%†74
Public transit1.5%†9

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of White County, the county holding most of Norris City's residents.

White County has 340 employer establishments, 252 for every 10,000 residents (1.01× the US rate of 248; 0.99× Illinois's), with 3,219 paid employees at an average annual pay of $46,181. The Census Bureau also counts 1,013 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 340; 1,013 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 252; US 248 · Illinois 255
Paid employees: 3,219
Average annual pay: $46,181; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of White County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Religious organizations	27	20	3.61×More than typical	65	$21,446	—
Ambulatory health care services	22	16.3	0.78×Fewer than typical	145	$44,021	27
Restaurants and other eating places	21	15.6	0.85×About typical	309	$15,223	3
Truck transportation	18	13.3	2.64×More than typical	156	$66,628	30
Specialty trade contractors	15	11.1	0.72×Fewer than typical	72	$57,639	86
Full-service restaurants	13	9.6	1.25×More than typical	155	$15,839	—
Automotive repair and maintenance	10	7.4	1.47×More than typical	32	$39,406	18
Gasoline stations	10	7.4	2.29×More than typical	99	$24,394	—
Banks and credit unions	9	6.7	2.06×Too few to compare	101	$52,931	—
Building equipment contractors	9	6.7	1.11×Too few to compare	52	$60,365	20
Insurance agencies and brokerages	9	6.7	1.52×Too few to compare	18	$45,556	14
Offices of other health practitioners	8	5.9	0.98×Too few to compare	32	$29,938	18

Rank places for an industry Open White County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 13,497 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

No federal contract obligations recorded here in FY2026.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Norris City is mostly in White County.

See federal money in White County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Norris City, Illinois is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Mike BostR-IL-12 · 100% of residentsWith party 98%Missed 1.6%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

White County32100% of residents

Other cities and towns in White County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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