Belvidere vs Poplar Grove

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

Belvidere and Poplar Grove 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 4,202 in Poplar Grove). Poplar Grove has the higher median household income ($93,409 vs $62,462 in Belvidere). Poplar Grove has the higher median home value ($253,500 vs $153,100 in Belvidere).

Population, income & housing

	Belvidere	Poplar Grove
Population	24,510	4,202
Median age	39.7 yrs	37.3 yrs
Median household income	$62,462	$93,409
Median home value	$153,100	$253,500
Median gross rent	$943	$1,443
Housing units	10,077	1,581
Homeownership rate	73.6%	93.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.2%	25.7%
Unemployment rate	7.1%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Belvidere	Poplar Grove
Population	25,027 → 24,510 (-2.1%)	5,270 → 4,202 (-20.3%)
Median household income	$51,166 → $62,462 (+22.1%)	$75,815 → $93,409 (+23.2%)
Median home value	$110,300 → $153,100 (+38.8%)	$159,900 → $253,500 (+58.5%)
Median gross rent	$776 → $943 (+21.5%)	$1,625 → $1,443 (-11.2%)

Belvidere

Population

25,02724,510

Median household income

$51,166$62,462

Median home value

$110,300$153,100

Median gross rent

$776$943

Poplar Grove

Population

5,2704,202

Median household income

$75,815$93,409

Median home value

$159,900$253,500

Median gross rent

$1,625$1,443

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Belvidere	Poplar Grove
Under 5	5.1%	7.4%
5 to 17	17.1%	24.1%
18 to 24	9.5%	6.2%
25 to 34	12.5%	8.4%
35 to 44	11.9%	13.3%
45 to 54	14.4%	16.8%
55 to 64	12.8%	10.8%
65 to 74	10.1%	6.2%
75 and over	6.6%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Belvidere	Poplar Grove
White (non-Hispanic)	56.9%	82.5%
Black or African American	2.5%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	1.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.7%
Two or more races	1.7%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	37.1%	12.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Belvidere	Poplar Grove
No high school diploma	21.9%	5.9%
High school graduate	32.5%	32.3%
Some college or associate's	32.3%	36.1%
Bachelor's degree	8.3%	12.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	12.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Belvidere	Poplar Grove
Drove alone	75.8%	81.3%
Carpooled	14.0%	12.8%
Public transit	0.3%	0.6%
Walked	1.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.2%	4.6%
Other means	0.4%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Belvidere	Poplar Grove
1-unit, detached	68.0%	83.0%
1-unit, attached	6.1%	8.5%
2 to 4 units	10.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.5%	1.3%
Mobile home & other	9.0%	7.2%

Poverty & households

	Belvidere	Poplar Grove
Poverty rate	15.5%	3.7%
Average household size	2.53	2.86
Mean commute (minutes)	25	28
Median year structure built	1972	2002