Beecher City vs Montrose

A side-by-side comparison of Beecher City and Montrose: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Beecher City has the higher population (419 vs 276 in Montrose). Montrose has the higher median household income ($54,821 vs $47,500 in Beecher City). Montrose has the higher median home value ($125,000 vs $85,300 in Beecher City).

Population, income & housing

	Beecher City	Montrose
Population	419	276
Median age	39.1 yrs	40.6 yrs
Median household income	$47,500	$54,821
Median home value	$85,300	$125,000
Median gross rent	$611	$393
Housing units	209	125
Homeownership rate	61.3%	75.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.3%	8.7%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beecher City	Montrose
Population	389 → 419 (+7.7%)	189 → 276 (+46.0%)
Median household income	$38,750 → $47,500 (+22.6%)	$38,542 → $54,821 (+42.2%)
Median home value	$65,400 → $85,300 (+30.4%)	$62,000 → $125,000 (+101.6%)
Median gross rent	$538 → $611 (+13.6%)	$706 → $393 (-44.3%)

Beecher City

Population

389419

Median household income

$38,750$47,500

Median home value

$65,400$85,300

Median gross rent

$538$611

Montrose

Population

189276

Median household income

$38,542$54,821

Median home value

$62,000$125,000

Median gross rent

$706$393

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beecher City	Montrose
Under 5	7.6%	13.4%
5 to 17	17.2%	6.2%
18 to 24	11.7%	14.1%
25 to 34	11.7%	13.0%
35 to 44	11.7%	10.9%
45 to 54	14.6%	6.2%
55 to 64	12.9%	15.2%
65 to 74	7.2%	11.6%
75 and over	5.5%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beecher City	Montrose
White (non-Hispanic)	98.3%	88.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.0%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	9.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beecher City	Montrose
No high school diploma	15.8%	9.3%
High school graduate	39.1%	49.7%
Some college or associate's	33.8%	32.2%
Bachelor's degree	7.9%	8.2%
Graduate or professional degree	3.4%	0.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beecher City	Montrose
Drove alone	85.8%	85.5%
Carpooled	11.2%	0.7%
Public transit	0.0%	1.4%
Walked	1.5%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.5%	10.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beecher City	Montrose
1-unit, detached	70.3%	72.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	6.7%	5.6%
5 to 19 units	8.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	14.8%	20.0%

Poverty & households

	Beecher City	Montrose
Poverty rate	21.2%	15.6%
Average household size	2.16	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	25	35
Median year structure built	1962	1959