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Place dossier plate
SheetIL-PLANO-IL · Plano, IL 11,626 pop · income 65th pct
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 Plano
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Plano on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Centralia · lowest
47,308
Centralia · lowest
47,308 median HH income
31.8% of the leader · rank #1
Lynn Haven · near
83,093
Lynn Haven · near
83,093 median HH income
55.9% of the leader · rank #2
Burnsville · near
83,095
Burnsville · near
83,095 median HH income
55.9% of the leader · rank #3
Vandenberg AFB · near
83,096
Vandenberg AFB · near
83,096 median HH income
55.9% of the leader · rank #4
Plano · this city
83,102
Plano · this city
83,102 median HH income
55.9% of the leader · rank #5
Trevose · near
83,108
Trevose · near
83,108 median HH income
55.9% of the leader · rank #6
River Forest · highest
148,711
River Forest · highest
148,711 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #7
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 Plano 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: 11,626.
Agency-reported UCR totals per 100,000 population, not a neighborhood safety grade or a prediction of personal risk.
Plano - the verdict
Out of every US city with 1,000+ residents, Plano places in the 65th percentile for household income and the 79th percentile for safety. Source: Census ACS + FBI UCR.
65th
percentile, household income
49th
percentile, home value
18th
percentile, median rent
79th
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: Plano, IL
Plano is a small town in Illinois, home to 11,626 residents per U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. Households in Plano report a median income of $83,102 per year, above the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 6.9%. Typical homes in Plano are valued around $221,100, and the median resident age is 33.1 years. Educational attainment runs 27.6% of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher. Separately, 73.1% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
In 2024, 2 residential building permits were authorized in Plano (Construction Slowdown), down 97% from five years earlier, per Census BPS data. Plano reports a comparatively low crime rate: FBI UCR reporting places total crime at 641.3 incidents per 100,000 residents, below the national average (voluntary agency reporting, reflects reporting activity, not a definitive danger score).
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). A typical two-bedroom carries a HUD Fair Market Rent of $1,063 per month statewide. Statewide, average monthly utility bills in Illinois run around $240, per EIA 2023 residential energy data. 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 Plano'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 schools and households to reported crime to housing and income to comparison shortlist to work and mobility; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Plano, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares, local building permits, annual population history, FBI reported-crime rates, matched public-school count.
No matched row is reported here for within-city Census tract profiles; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
1. Population change
Is Plano growing, shrinking, or holding steady?
Recent estimates point upward. Growth can increase housing demand and service needs, but the permit record must move in the same direction before calling it a supply response; the two series measure different things.
Census PEP estimates show the population grew by +771 residents from 2020 to 2025, a +6.5% change. Separately, Census BPS recorded 2 housing units authorized in 2024. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
The NCES join finds 5 public schools within the city match. 27.6% 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.
What can the FBI record say about safety in Plano?
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 641.3 violent and property crimes per 100,000 residents, below the 2280.5 national reference used here. The difference is 72% lower in arithmetic terms, but agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies.
Which cities make useful reference points for Plano?
Within Illinois, the closest population matches are River Forest (11,489 residents, $148,711 income); Pontiac (11,483 residents, $59,579 income); Schiller Park (11,454 residents, $67,473 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Miami Shores, FL (11,627 residents); Seven Hills, OH (11,628 residents); Alum Rock, CA (11,619 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.
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 Plano?
The home-value-to-income reference sits in a middle range: the ACS median home value is 2.7 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 6.9%, 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
$83,102
Home value
$221,100
Value / income
2.7×
City-level Census ACS 2023 medians. The ratio divides two separate medians and is descriptive only.
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 83.3%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
Public transit
1.3%
Work from home
4.8%
Drive alone
83.3%
City-level Census ACS commuting estimates covering 6,242 workers age 16+.
Above median income · poverty 6.9% (Below-median poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
100.0 (US=100)
Above-average cost · BEA RPP 2024, Illinois average
C
City profile score · Plano, IL
58/100
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.
Violent crime B+
70 /100k
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents; lower is stronger on this axis.
Household income C+
$83,102
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Bachelor's+ share C-
27.6%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Poverty rate C-
6.9%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
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.
Plano profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Violent crime: 79/100 (B+) · 70 /100k
Household income: 62/100 (C+) · $83,102
Bachelor's+ share: 54/100 (C-) · 27.6%
Poverty rate: 53/100 (C-) · 6.9%
Cost of living: 40/100 (D) · 100.0 index
Where Plano sits on home value vs crime among peer cities
Plano'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 - Plano highlighted among 9 peers.Read the chart values
Plano, IL (this city): home $221,100, crime 641/100k
Miami Shores, FL : home $788,600, crime 3,939/100k
Seven Hills, OH : home $239,600, crime 972/100k
Bucyrus, OH : home $122,000, crime 1,488/100k
Yorktown, IN : home $182,000, crime 271/100k
River Forest, IL : home $676,900, crime 2,563/100k
Pontiac, IL : home $110,200, crime 1,597/100k
Palos Heights, IL : home $350,000, crime 925/100k
Centralia, IL : home $81,600, crime 3,243/100k
How does Plano compare to other US cities?
Here's how Plano stacks up against the full field of US cities (population 1,000+), computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income65% higher than other cities
Home value49% pricier than other cities
Median rent18% pricier than other cities
Safety79% safer than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
Zoom in to just Illinois and the picture shifts: Plano ranks #147 of 455 Illinois cities by lowest crime rate, a different read than the national percentile above.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Plano 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 Plano near the bottom of Illinois's cities
Among the 1,336 Illinois cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Plano ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Plano only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#372 of 1,311
72nd percentile in Illinois
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 1,336
0th percentile in Illinois
Median Home Value
#292 of 1,315
78th percentile in Illinois
Poverty Rate
#685 of 1,335
48th percentile in Illinois
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#352 of 1,336
73rd 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
65th percentile nationally for median household income · 79th percentile for safety (lower crime rate). Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Plano's profile vs. every US city
Income, affordability, and safety percentile
Plano'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 Plano's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$221,100Among the most affordablemore affordable than 51% 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
Plano's home-value-to-income ratio: 2.7×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
affordable
< 3.0×
National rank
#4,816 of 15,516
More affordable than 69% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#506 of 3,317
Small cities (10,000–49,999)
At 2.7×, Plano sits in the affordable band:
national rank #4,816 of 15,516 and #506 of 3,317small cities (10,000–49,999).
The multiple is comparatively compact among tracked cities, but a low ratio can still coexist with slow demand or household-level hardship.
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
$83,102Plano, IL median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Plano, 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 Plano, IL.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)27.6%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)6.9%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)73.1%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
11,626
Median Income
$83,102
Median Home Value
$221,100
Median Age
33.1
Poverty Rate
6.9%
Labor force participation
73.1%
Bachelor's Degree+
27.6%
Safety & Crime
Total Crime Rate
641.3
per 100,000 residents
Violent Crime
69.5
per 100,000 residents
Property Crime
571.8
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.
Schools
Total Schools
5
Public schools in this city
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
Plano's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
11,906 residents
2021
12,188 residents
2022
12,486 residents
2023
12,661 residents
2024
12,663 residents
2025
12,677 residents
Housing Supply
BPS source
Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (BPS) - annual residential permits authorized
📉 Construction Slowdown
Total Permits (2024)
2
housing units authorized
Single-Family
2
detached homes
Multifamily
0
apartments & condos
Supply Intensity
0.2
permits per 1,000 residents
5-Year Permit Trend (2019–2024)
Year
Total
Single-Family
Multifamily
Est. Value
2019
59
59
0
$7.9M
2020
73
73
0
$10.4M
2021
91
91
0
$16.1M
2022
55
55
0
$11.3M
2023
14
14
0
$3.1M
2024
2
2
0
$1.1M
Permit volume decreased 97% from 2019 to 2024.
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
83.3%
Carpool
10.4%
Public Transit
1.3%
Walk
0.0%
Work from Home
4.8%
Based on 6,242 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 Plano. 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 Plano 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 Plano sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Plano 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, 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.