With 318 people, Lomax is a city in Illinois. Four-year degrees are less common here than nationally, at 17% of adults. The typical home is worth $79,000, having more than doubled since 2000. 81% of homes are owner-occupied. That trails the Illinois median by roughly 38%. The foreign-born share is 1%.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $51,875, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Older
median age 41.9
US median: 38.9
Less educated
17% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Stable housing
home values roughly flat, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Lomax
What changed most since 1990
Population461 → 318(−31%)US over the same years: +35%
Median home value (2024 dollars)$63,122 → $79,000(+25%)US over the same years: +67%
Homes owned by their occupants73.1% → 81.3%(+8.2 pts)US over the same years: +0.9 pts
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)0%(0)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)0%(0)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era36.4%(4)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War9.1%(1)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II54.5%(6)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 11 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Lomax, decade by decade
Lomax population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
461
$41,063
$63,122
5.0%
6.4
2000
477
$53,937
$63,211
8.7%
7.6
2010
454
$44,174
$96,240
11.3%
15.8
2020
404
$49,997
$80,479
10.5%
15.8
2024
318
$51,875
$79,000
17.4%
33.9
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
