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Place dossier plate
SheetIL-ANNA-IL · Anna, IL 4,222 pop · income 5th pct · 5 tracts
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Anna
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Anna on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Anna · this city · lowest
36,238
Anna · this city · lowest
36,238 median HH income
24.6% of the leader · rank #1
Bear Creek · near
36,250
Bear Creek · near
36,250 median HH income
24.7% of the leader · rank #2
Flomaton · near
36,250
Flomaton · near
36,250 median HH income
24.7% of the leader · rank #3
Vandiver · near
36,250
Vandiver · near
36,250 median HH income
24.7% of the leader · rank #4
Lower Kalskag · near
36,250
Lower Kalskag · near
36,250 median HH income
24.7% of the leader · rank #5
Sherman · highest
147,025
Sherman · highest
147,025 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #6
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income, and FBI crime rate
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Anna on ACS population and median household income
, plus FBI UCR reporting rate when the extract covers this place. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 4,222.
Agency-reported UCR totals per 100,000 population, not a neighborhood safety grade or a prediction of personal risk.
Anna - the verdict
Measured against every US city with at least 1,000 residents, Anna lands in the 5th percentile for household income and the 13th percentile for safety. Source: Census ACS + FBI UCR.
5th
percentile, household income
20th
percentile, home value
18th
percentile, median rent
13th
percentile, safety
📝 How we sourced this
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Data Snapshot: Anna, IL
Census ACS 2023 estimates count 4,222 residents in Anna, a small town within Illinois. The typical household in Anna brings in $36,238 a year, in the lower quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 18.7%. Typical homes in Anna are valued around $128,200, and the median resident age is 39.6 years. Educational attainment runs 16.9% of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher. Separately, 44.6% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
The Census Building Permit Survey recorded 0 residential units authorized here in 2024 (No Permits). Anna's reported crime rate runs above the national norm: FBI UCR figures show 3253.4 crimes per 100,000 residents, above the national average (reporting is voluntary across agencies, so treat this as reporting activity rather than a definitive danger score). NOAA climate normals record an annual average temperature of 58.5°F with 51.1 inches of precipitation per year and 10.4 inches of snowfall.
Illinois tracks close to the national cost-of-living baseline: BEA Regional Price Parities 2024 puts Illinois at 100.0 on a 100-equals-national-average scale (Near Average). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in this state is $1,063 per month. Monthly utility costs average around $240 across Illinois, per EIA 2023 residential energy estimates. FEMA's National Risk Index rates natural-hazard exposure at 54.5 out of 100 (Low).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Anna's data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from population change to comparison shortlist to climate and hazard context to housing and income to schools and households to work and mobility to reported crime to within-city variation; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Anna, city-specific coverage includes local building permits, annual population history, within-city Census tract profiles, commute-mode shares, matched public-school count, FBI reported-crime rates.
All six city-specific enrichment layers used by this profile are present.
1. Population change
Is Anna growing, shrinking, or holding steady?
Recent estimates point downward. A falling count can reflect migration, household size, annexation boundaries, or estimation noise, so it is a prompt to inspect the full series rather than a claim about local economic health.
Census PEP estimates show the population declined by -186 residents from 2020 to 2025, a -4.3% change. Separately, Census BPS recorded 0 housing units authorized in 2024. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
Which cities make useful reference points for Anna?
Within Illinois, the closest population matches are Sherman (4,211 residents, $147,025 income); Lawrenceville (4,241 residents, $44,885 income); Poplar Grove (4,202 residents, $93,409 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Fayette, AL (4,221 residents); Franklin, NC (4,221 residents); Broadway, VA (4,221 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching. The nationwide peer panel below adds a fourth FBI UCR reporting-rate lens, not personal risk.
NOAA normals put the annual mean temperature at 58.5°F, with 51.1 inches of precipitation and 10.4 inches of annual snowfall. FEMA's state-averaged National Risk Index score for Illinois is 54.5 out of 100. Climate normals describe long-run weather; the FEMA score on PlainCities is a state average of county NRI inputs and combines hazards, exposure, vulnerability, and resilience.
The two sources should not be blended into one comfort or safety score. Use the climate values for baseline conditions and the risk index as a prompt to inspect specific hazards, insurance, and local emergency guidance for a particular address.
That layer breaks the citywide income, rent, and home-value medians into smaller Census geographies, which can reveal differences that one municipal median necessarily hides. A tract is a statistical area, not a locally defined neighborhood or a promise about conditions on a particular block. Start with the city profile for the broad comparison, then use the tract layer to test whether the same housing and income pattern is consistent across the city. Large within-city spreads are a reason to avoid treating any citywide median as a universal resident experience.
These joined records add useful context, but they do not need another full-size panel. Each remains a separate measure with its own geography and source boundary.
Housing and income
How far does income reach against housing in Anna?
The home-value-to-income reference sits in a middle range: the ACS median home value is 3.5 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 18.7%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
This is a citywide price-to-income reference, not a mortgage-affordability test; it does not include interest rates, taxes, insurance, household size, or an individual buyer's down payment. Income and home value move within the same broad scale here. The useful next check is not a generic affordability label, but whether similar-size cities offer a materially different income, housing, or commute trade-off.
Household income
$36,238
Home value
$128,200
Value / income
3.5×
City-level Census ACS 2023 medians. The ratio divides two separate medians and is descriptive only.
The NCES join finds 4 public schools within the city match. 16.9% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher in the ACS estimate. These measures answer different questions: the school count describes local institutions, while adult attainment describes residents and cannot be used as a school-quality rating.
The city has a broader matched school footprint, but count alone does not describe performance, capacity, program availability, or attendance boundaries. This profile deliberately avoids converting it into an unsupported family-friendliness score.
Matched public schools
4
Bachelor's degree+
16.9%
Poverty estimate
18.7%
NCES Common Core of Data school locations plus Census ACS resident characteristics.
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. No single mode completely explains the work trip here. The mix is more useful than a one-number commute grade, especially when comparing places where transit, walking, and remote work divide the non-driving share differently.
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 81.9%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
Public transit
0.0%
Work from home
4.4%
Drive alone
81.9%
City-level Census ACS commuting estimates covering 1,508 workers age 16+.
Treat this as a reporting-rate comparison, not a prediction of personal risk or a neighborhood-level safety grade. Tourism, daytime population, reporting practices, and variation inside the city are not adjusted away. The state rank and same-state peer table are the narrower comparisons available on this page.
The joined FBI UCR record reports 3253.4 violent and property crimes per 100,000 residents, above the 2280.5 national reference used here. The difference is 43% higher in arithmetic terms, but agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies.
Property rate
2813.1
Violent rate
440.3
Total reported rate
3253.4
FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, incidents per 100,000. Voluntary agency reporting; not a danger score.
Lowest-decile income · poverty 18.7% (High poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
100.0 (US=100)
Above-average cost · BEA RPP 2024, Illinois average
F
City profile score · Anna, IL
19/100
5 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2023
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Cost of living D
100.0 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Bachelor's+ share F
16.9%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Violent crime F
440 /100k
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents; lower is stronger on this axis.
Poverty rate F
18.7%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Household income F
$36,238
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Anna profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Cost of living: 40/100 (D) · 100.0 index
Bachelor's+ share: 25/100 (F) · 16.9%
Violent crime: 20/100 (F) · 440 /100k
Poverty rate: 16/100 (F) · 18.7%
Household income: 2/100 (F) · $36,238
Where Anna sits on home value vs crime among peer cities
Anna's median home value and FBI crime rate plotted with similar-size and
same-state peers (padded with large cities when the peer set is thin). The second
read: pricey does not always mean safer, check which quadrant this city lands in.
Census ACS median home value vs FBI UCR crime rate - Anna highlighted among 8 peers.Read the chart values
Anna, IL (this city): home $128,200, crime 3,253/100k
Fayette, AL : home $122,100, crime 1,446/100k
Franklin, NC : home $190,600, crime 3,153/100k
Broadway, VA : home $264,900, crime 389/100k
Sherman, IL : home $291,300, crime 197/100k
Lawrenceville, IL : home $77,600, crime 117/100k
Paxton, IL : home $116,700, crime 788/100k
Hometown, IL : home $152,000, crime 1,742/100k
How does Anna compare to other US cities?
Here's how Anna stacks up against the full field of US cities (population 1,000+), computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income5% higher than other cities
Home value20% pricier than other cities
Median rent18% pricier than other cities
Safety13% safer than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
A national percentile can hide a lot of local variation: narrowed to Illinois alone, Anna ranks #420 of 455 Illinois cities by lowest crime rate - a different, more locally useful comparison than stacking it against the entire country.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Anna against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to Illinois only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
Illinois-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places Anna near the bottom of Illinois's cities
Among the 1,336 Illinois cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Anna ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Anna only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#1,284 of 1,311
2nd percentile in Illinois
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 1,336
0th percentile in Illinois
Median Home Value
#600 of 1,315
54th percentile in Illinois
Poverty Rate
#144 of 1,335
89th percentile in Illinois
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#738 of 1,336
45th percentile in Illinois
How in-state ranks are ordered
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within Illinois only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
5th percentile nationally for median household income · 13th percentile for safety (lower crime rate). Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Anna's profile vs. every US city
Income, affordability, and safety percentile
Anna's percentile rank on 3 favorable-direction measures (income, affordability, safety) vs. every tracked US city -- higher on every axis is more favorable. Not a composite quality score, just the arithmetic mean of the axes shown.
How Anna's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$128,200Among the most affordablemore affordable than 80% of 15,600 US cities
Show national distribution
Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023
Anna's home-value-to-income ratio: 3.5×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
moderate
3.0–5.0×
National rank
#9,131 of 15,516
More affordable than 41% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#7,352 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 3.5×, Anna sits in the moderate band:
national rank #9,131 of 15,516 and #7,352 of 11,323micro cities (under 10,000).
Income and home value move in the same broad scale; check same-state peers before treating the multiple as an advantage or a warning.
How this ratio is calculated
Ratio = Census ACS 2023 median home value ÷ median household income for cities with both fields and population ≥ 1,000.
Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0–5.0 / >5.0).
This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.
Income distribution context
$36,238Anna, IL median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Anna, IL median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for Anna, IL.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)16.9%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)18.7%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)44.6%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
4,222
Median Income
$36,238
Median Home Value
$128,200
Median Age
39.6
Poverty Rate
18.7%
Labor force participation
44.6%
Bachelor's Degree+
16.9%
Safety & Crime
Total Crime Rate
3253.4
per 100,000 residents
Violent Crime
440.3
per 100,000 residents
Property Crime
2813.1
per 100,000 residents
Crime reporting caveat
Reflects incidents reported to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting program — agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies by jurisdiction and year, so this reflects reporting activity, not a definitive danger score. Not adjusted for tourism, commuter, or daytime population.
Climate
Avg Temperature
58.5°F
Annual Precipitation
51.1"
Annual Snowfall
10.4"
Schools
Total Schools
4
Public schools in this city
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
Anna's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
4,282 residents
2021
4,209 residents
2022
4,169 residents
2023
4,156 residents
2024
4,148 residents
2025
4,096 residents
Housing Supply
BPS source
Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (BPS) - annual residential permits authorized
Total Permits (2024)
0
housing units authorized
Single-Family
0
detached homes
Multifamily
0
apartments & condos
5-Year Permit Trend (2019–2024)
Year
Total
Single-Family
Multifamily
Est. Value
2019
0
0
0
-
2020
0
0
0
-
2021
0
0
0
-
2022
2
2
0
$0.3M
2023
3
3
0
$0.9M
2024
0
0
0
-
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
81.9%
Carpool
8.4%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.0%
Work from Home
4.4%
Other
5.3%
Based on 1,508 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
Illinois statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $240
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across Illinois at $240 (electricity about $100 , water and sewer about $50 ).
These are Illinois statewide averages, not a meter reading for Anna. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
Illinois's BEA cost-of-living index is 100.0 (Near Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Anna is $1,063/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to Illinois statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 54.5 / 100 (Low).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a Illinois statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Anna sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Anna compares to similar-size Illinois cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, FBI UCR, NOAA Climate Normals, NCES CCD, Census BPS 2024, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.