Elliott vs Paxton

A side-by-side comparison of Elliott and Paxton: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Paxton has the higher population (4,201 vs 265 in Elliott). Paxton has the higher median household income ($60,470 vs $48,750 in Elliott). Paxton has the higher median home value ($116,700 vs $81,800 in Elliott).

Population, income & housing

	Elliott	Paxton
Population	265	4,201
Median age	28.0 yrs	39.0 yrs
Median household income	$48,750	$60,470
Median home value	$81,800	$116,700
Median gross rent	$1,045	$922
Housing units	124	2,041
Homeownership rate	79.5%	70.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.3%	21.1%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elliott	Paxton
Population	270 → 265 (-1.9%)	4,220 → 4,201 (-0.5%)
Median household income	$48,438 → $48,750 (+0.6%)	$53,917 → $60,470 (+12.2%)
Median home value	$79,100 → $81,800 (+3.4%)	$94,800 → $116,700 (+23.1%)
Median gross rent	$733 → $1,045 (+42.6%)	$655 → $922 (+40.8%)

Elliott

Population

270265

Median household income

$48,438$48,750

Median home value

$79,100$81,800

Median gross rent

$733$1,045

Paxton

Population

4,2204,201

Median household income

$53,917$60,470

Median home value

$94,800$116,700

Median gross rent

$655$922

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elliott	Paxton
Under 5	6.8%	6.9%
5 to 17	17.7%	16.3%
18 to 24	17.4%	7.6%
25 to 34	11.3%	13.9%
35 to 44	6.8%	10.6%
45 to 54	9.1%	10.0%
55 to 64	12.5%	11.0%
65 to 74	12.8%	12.4%
75 and over	5.7%	11.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elliott	Paxton
White (non-Hispanic)	95.1%	94.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.4%
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	2.6%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	3.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elliott	Paxton
No high school diploma	13.0%	6.0%
High school graduate	36.4%	32.4%
Some college or associate's	36.4%	40.6%
Bachelor's degree	13.6%	16.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.6%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elliott	Paxton
Drove alone	95.6%	81.2%
Carpooled	0.0%	7.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.4%	8.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elliott	Paxton
1-unit, detached	97.6%	78.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	2.4%	10.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.2%

Poverty & households

	Elliott	Paxton
Poverty rate	21.7%	9.0%
Average household size	2.37	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	27	22
Median year structure built	1948	1957