Arenzville vs Beardstown

A side-by-side comparison of Arenzville and Beardstown: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Beardstown has the higher population (6,047 vs 310 in Arenzville). Arenzville has the higher median household income ($82,188 vs $58,765 in Beardstown). Arenzville has the higher median home value ($109,900 vs $80,800 in Beardstown).

Population, income & housing

	Arenzville	Beardstown
Population	310	6,047
Median age	39.4 yrs	31.7 yrs
Median household income	$82,188	$58,765
Median home value	$109,900	$80,800
Median gross rent	$825	$769
Housing units	157	2,303
Homeownership rate	86.0%	62.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.4%	17.4%
Unemployment rate	0.6%	6.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arenzville	Beardstown
Population	465 → 310 (-33.3%)	5,682 → 6,047 (+6.4%)
Median household income	$80,357 → $82,188 (+2.3%)	$40,750 → $58,765 (+44.2%)
Median home value	$93,700 → $109,900 (+17.3%)	$68,900 → $80,800 (+17.3%)
Median gross rent	$575 → $825 (+43.5%)	$582 → $769 (+32.1%)

Arenzville

Population

465310

Median household income

$80,357$82,188

Median home value

$93,700$109,900

Median gross rent

$575$825

Beardstown

Population

5,6826,047

Median household income

$40,750$58,765

Median home value

$68,900$80,800

Median gross rent

$582$769

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arenzville	Beardstown
Under 5	7.7%	8.1%
5 to 17	12.6%	20.6%
18 to 24	8.1%	10.0%
25 to 34	11.0%	17.5%
35 to 44	17.1%	12.3%
45 to 54	11.0%	10.5%
55 to 64	12.3%	9.4%
65 to 74	10.6%	6.5%
75 and over	9.7%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arenzville	Beardstown
White (non-Hispanic)	98.7%	48.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	7.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	1.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.6%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	39.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arenzville	Beardstown
No high school diploma	6.3%	19.8%
High school graduate	37.8%	42.6%
Some college or associate's	23.4%	20.2%
Bachelor's degree	21.2%	13.1%
Graduate or professional degree	11.3%	4.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arenzville	Beardstown
Drove alone	83.1%	75.4%
Carpooled	9.0%	19.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.0%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.1%
Worked from home	4.8%	1.3%
Other means	0.0%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arenzville	Beardstown
1-unit, detached	92.4%	69.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	10.8%
5 to 19 units	3.8%	4.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.4%
Mobile home & other	3.8%	12.1%

Poverty & households

	Arenzville	Beardstown
Poverty rate	5.5%	13.1%
Average household size	2.17	2.80
Mean commute (minutes)	22	20
Median year structure built	1951	1963