Albers vs Breese

A side-by-side comparison of Albers and Breese: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Breese has the higher population (4,373 vs 1,428 in Albers). Albers has the higher median household income ($116,691 vs $72,900 in Breese). Albers has the higher median home value ($209,000 vs $204,600 in Breese).

Population, income & housing

	Albers	Breese
Population	1,428	4,373
Median age	42.8 yrs	44.1 yrs
Median household income	$116,691	$72,900
Median home value	$209,000	$204,600
Median gross rent	$1,080	$771
Housing units	565	1,920
Homeownership rate	85.2%	75.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.5%	33.3%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Albers	Breese
Population	1,341 → 1,428 (+6.5%)	4,787 → 4,373 (-8.6%)
Median household income	$79,000 → $116,691 (+47.7%)	$69,167 → $72,900 (+5.4%)
Median home value	$167,700 → $209,000 (+24.6%)	$151,500 → $204,600 (+35.0%)
Median gross rent	$774 → $1,080 (+39.5%)	$1,056 → $771 (-27.0%)

Albers

Population

1,3411,428

Median household income

$79,000$116,691

Median home value

$167,700$209,000

Median gross rent

$774$1,080

Breese

Population

4,7874,373

Median household income

$69,167$72,900

Median home value

$151,500$204,600

Median gross rent

$1,056$771

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Albers	Breese
Under 5	4.0%	5.3%
5 to 17	20.0%	13.5%
18 to 24	8.8%	10.3%
25 to 34	9.0%	12.2%
35 to 44	13.5%	11.4%
45 to 54	11.6%	13.0%
55 to 64	10.5%	14.1%
65 to 74	17.6%	10.5%
75 and over	5.0%	9.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Albers	Breese
White (non-Hispanic)	95.7%	93.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.7%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	4.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Albers	Breese
No high school diploma	4.4%	7.4%
High school graduate	25.5%	27.1%
Some college or associate's	43.6%	32.2%
Bachelor's degree	19.6%	22.5%
Graduate or professional degree	6.9%	10.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Albers	Breese
Drove alone	69.5%	81.9%
Carpooled	15.9%	1.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.7%
Walked	2.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.4%	15.8%
Other means	1.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Albers	Breese
1-unit, detached	95.9%	76.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.2%
2 to 4 units	2.8%	8.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	6.0%

Poverty & households

	Albers	Breese
Poverty rate	5.6%	4.7%
Average household size	2.60	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	30	27
Median year structure built	1978	1979