Belvidere vs Capron

A side-by-side comparison of Belvidere and Capron: population, income, housing, and more.

Belvidere and Capron are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Belvidere has the higher population (24,510 vs 1,328 in Capron). Capron has the higher median household income ($97,643 vs $62,462 in Belvidere). Capron has the higher median home value ($155,800 vs $153,100 in Belvidere).

Population, income & housing

	Belvidere	Capron
Population	24,510	1,328
Median age	39.7 yrs	29.2 yrs
Median household income	$62,462	$97,643
Median home value	$153,100	$155,800
Median gross rent	$943	$769
Housing units	10,077	405
Homeownership rate	73.6%	78.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.2%	10.1%
Unemployment rate	7.1%	11.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Belvidere	Capron
Population	25,027 → 24,510 (-2.1%)	1,578 → 1,328 (-15.8%)
Median household income	$51,166 → $62,462 (+22.1%)	$65,405 → $97,643 (+49.3%)
Median home value	$110,300 → $153,100 (+38.8%)	$113,800 → $155,800 (+36.9%)
Median gross rent	$776 → $943 (+21.5%)	$648 → $769 (+18.7%)

Belvidere

Population

25,02724,510

Median household income

$51,166$62,462

Median home value

$110,300$153,100

Median gross rent

$776$943

Capron

Population

1,5781,328

Median household income

$65,405$97,643

Median home value

$113,800$155,800

Median gross rent

$648$769

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Belvidere	Capron
Under 5	5.1%	5.2%
5 to 17	17.1%	22.0%
18 to 24	9.5%	13.3%
25 to 34	12.5%	16.9%
35 to 44	11.9%	11.0%
45 to 54	14.4%	12.6%
55 to 64	12.8%	12.7%
65 to 74	10.1%	3.6%
75 and over	6.6%	2.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Belvidere	Capron
White (non-Hispanic)	56.9%	54.4%
Black or African American	2.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.7%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	37.1%	42.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Belvidere	Capron
No high school diploma	21.9%	21.1%
High school graduate	32.5%	46.5%
Some college or associate's	32.3%	22.3%
Bachelor's degree	8.3%	9.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	1.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Belvidere	Capron
Drove alone	75.8%	79.5%
Carpooled	14.0%	13.9%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.2%	6.6%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Belvidere	Capron
1-unit, detached	68.0%	85.9%
1-unit, attached	6.1%	3.7%
2 to 4 units	10.3%	9.4%
5 to 19 units	3.0%	0.5%
20 or more units	3.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.0%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Belvidere	Capron
Poverty rate	15.5%	11.3%
Average household size	2.53	3.75
Mean commute (minutes)	25	28
Median year structure built	1972	1980