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Wyoming, Illinois

Wyoming is a city in Stark County, Illinois, part of the Peoria, IL metro area. It has 1,578 residents. Wyoming, Illinois has a quality-of-life score of 38 out of 100 (low), ranking #9,648 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Illinois it ranks #452 of 697 cities and towns. It ranks best on public libraries (high), drug overdose deaths (low) and social associations (high). It ranks worst on pharmacies (low), public EV charging ports (low) and traffic deaths (high).

38Low

Quality-of-life score: #9,648 of 15,651 cities and towns
Illinois: #452 of 697 in IL
Population: 1,578 (2020-2024)
Land area: 1 mi²
Density: 1,847.0 /mi²
FIPS code: 1783687

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 67 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.

Safety—
Economy51#7,714/15,631
Housing69#4,688/14,977
Health47#8,309/15,609
Healthcare12#13,822/15,650
Environment23#11,827/15,453
Education66#5,251/15,649
Infrastructure29#11,155/15,650
Community46#8,494/15,651
Leisure & amenities53#7,344/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Wyoming, Illinois ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Stark 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

Public libraries · high5.7 /10k
99/100Illinois 0.6 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesStark County value
Drug overdose deaths · low0.0 /100k
99/100Illinois 14.2 /100kUnited States 18.4 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataStark County value
Social associations · high19.2 /10k
97/100Illinois 9.8 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteStark County value
Job growth · high4.3%
97/100Illinois 0.0%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional dataStark County value
Home price to income ratio · low1.8×
94/100Illinois 3.2×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Homicide rate · low0.0 /100k
94/100Illinois 6.2 /100kUnited States 4.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataStark County value

Weaknesses

Pharmacies · low0.0 /10k
1/100Illinois 2.0 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsStark County value
Public EV charging ports · low0.0 /10k
3/100Illinois 4.8 /10kUnited States 7.6 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of EnergyStark County value
Traffic deaths · high37.7 /100k
4/100Illinois 9.8 /100kUnited States 12.3 /100k2020-2024National Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationProvisional dataStark County value
Dentists · low19 /100k
4/100Illinois 86 /100kUnited States 75 /100k2022University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteStark County value
Primary care physicians · low19 /100k
4/100Illinois 82 /100kUnited States 76 /100k2019University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteStark County value
Gyms and fitness centers · low0.0 /10k
4/100Illinois 1.1 /10kUnited States 1.3 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsStark County value

Trends

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

PopulationRising
1,417 (2015-2019) → 1,578 (2020-2024)
+11%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Child poverty rateImproving
39.1% (2015-2019) → 16.8% (2020-2024)
−22 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
29.1% (2015-2019) → 48.1% (2020-2024)
+19 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
80.4% (2015-2019) → 88.0% (2020-2024)
+7.6 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Poverty rateImproving
18.0% (2015-2019) → 11.8% (2020-2024)
−6.2 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%
Bachelor's degree or higherImproving
15.3% (2015-2019) → 20.7% (2020-2024)
+5.4 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%

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, Wyoming, Illinois improved on 1 of 11 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 10 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.

Improved1

Broadband+7.6 points80.4% → 88.0%

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 11 measures

Change of every measure of Wyoming, Illinois between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	23.5 min2015-2019	21.9 min2020-2024	−1.6 min	Within the margin of error	67%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.3%2015-2019	20.7%2020-2024	+5.4 points	Within the margin of error	71%
Broadband subscriptions	80.4%2015-2019	88.0%2020-2024	+7.6 points	Improved	47%
Effective property tax rate	1.99%2015-2019	1.59%2020-2024	−0.4 points	Within the margin of error	84%
High school diploma or higher	91.6%2015-2019	90.3%2020-2024	−1.3 points	Within the margin of error	20%
Home price to income ratio	1.5×2015-2019	1.8×2020-2024	+0.3×	Within the margin of error	61%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4752015-2019	0.4352020-2024	−0.040	Within the margin of error	79%
Median household income	$50,9622015-2019	$60,2382020-2024	+18%	Within the margin of error	29%
Poverty rate	18.0%2015-2019	11.8%2020-2024	−6.2 points	Within the margin of error	85%
Rent as share of income	27.2%2015-2019	28.4%2020-2024	+1.2 points	Within the margin of error	45%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	5.8%2015-2019	5.1%2020-2024	−0.6 points	Within the margin of error	55%

“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 Wyoming, Illinois five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Wyoming, 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, Wyoming, Illinois itself moved −0.1 points in standing on average over the same 9 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

1,578 residents (±199)

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

706 households (±92)

Wyoming, Illinois
Illinois share

Under $25k15%†107
$25k–50k31%217
$50k–75k12%†88

Homes

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

Owners and renters

706 households (±92)

Wyoming, Illinois
Illinois share

Own76%535
Rent24%171

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

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Getting to work

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

How people get to work

684 workers (±112)

Wyoming, Illinois
Illinois share

Drive alone81%553
Carpool9.6%†66
Public transit1.0%†7

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Peoria, IL

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 Stark County, the county holding most of Wyoming's residents.

Stark County has 116 employer establishments, 220 for every 10,000 residents (0.89× the US rate of 248; 0.86× Illinois's), with 1,067 paid employees at an average annual pay of $59,717. The Census Bureau also counts 367 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 116; 367 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 220; US 248 · Illinois 255
Paid employees: 1,067
Average annual pay: $59,717; US $68,342

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

Truck transportation	14	26.6	5.26×More than typical	86	$73,221	17
Religious organizations	10	19	3.43×More than typical	21	$7,429	—
Specialty trade contractors	10	19	1.23×About typical	47	$56,532	39
Insurance agencies and brokerages	5	9.5	2.16×Too few to compare	12	$53,583	12
Other specialty trade contractors	5	9.5	3.79×Too few to compare	14	$78,429	16
Banks and credit unions	4	7.6	2.35×Too few to compare	34	$57,706	—
Restaurants and other eating places	4	7.6	0.41×Too few to compare	11	$13,000	—
Building equipment contractors	3	5.7	0.95×Too few to compare	32	$46,813	5
Construction of buildings	3	5.7	0.75×Too few to compare	131	$76,076	10
Drinking places (alcoholic beverages)	3	5.7	4.70×Too few to compare	6	$35,167	3
Gasoline stations	3	5.7	1.76×Too few to compare	29	$30,655	—
Heavy and civil engineering construction	3	5.7	4.97×Too few to compare	8	$97,875	—

Rank places for an industry Open Stark County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 5,262 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: Wyoming is mostly in Stark County.

See federal money in Stark 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.

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

House

Darin LaHoodR-IL-16 · 100% of residentsWith party 98%Missed 5.6%

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.

Stark County54100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Peoria, IL71

Other cities and towns in Stark 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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