Poplar Grove vs Timberlane

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

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

Poplar Grove has the higher population (4,202 vs 1,291 in Timberlane). Timberlane has the higher median household income ($194,286 vs $93,409 in Poplar Grove). Timberlane has the higher median home value ($349,700 vs $253,500 in Poplar Grove).

Population, income & housing

	Poplar Grove	Timberlane
Population	4,202	1,291
Median age	37.3 yrs	38.9 yrs
Median household income	$93,409	$194,286
Median home value	$253,500	$349,700
Median gross rent	$1,443	—
Housing units	1,581	412
Homeownership rate	93.8%	99.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.7%	49.0%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	14.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Poplar Grove	Timberlane
Population	5,270 → 4,202 (-20.3%)	1,031 → 1,291 (+25.2%)
Median household income	$75,815 → $93,409 (+23.2%)	$140,125 → $194,286 (+38.7%)
Median home value	$159,900 → $253,500 (+58.5%)	$272,300 → $349,700 (+28.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,625 → $1,443 (-11.2%)	—

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

Timberlane

Population

1,0311,291

Median household income

$140,125$194,286

Median home value

$272,300$349,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Poplar Grove	Timberlane
Under 5	7.4%	5.2%
5 to 17	24.1%	18.5%
18 to 24	6.2%	11.0%
25 to 34	8.4%	7.4%
35 to 44	13.3%	13.0%
45 to 54	16.8%	24.6%
55 to 64	10.8%	14.5%
65 to 74	6.2%	5.1%
75 and over	6.8%	0.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Poplar Grove	Timberlane
White (non-Hispanic)	82.5%	79.9%
Black or African American	0.5%	3.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.3%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	12.8%	14.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Poplar Grove	Timberlane
No high school diploma	5.9%	2.7%
High school graduate	32.3%	13.3%
Some college or associate's	36.1%	35.0%
Bachelor's degree	12.9%	33.5%
Graduate or professional degree	12.7%	15.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Poplar Grove	Timberlane
Drove alone	81.3%	75.4%
Carpooled	12.8%	6.1%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.6%	17.1%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Poplar Grove	Timberlane
1-unit, detached	83.0%	99.8%
1-unit, attached	8.5%	0.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Poplar Grove	Timberlane
Poverty rate	3.7%	0.7%
Average household size	2.86	3.29
Mean commute (minutes)	28	33
Median year structure built	2002	2003