Elliott vs Piper City

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

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

Piper City has the higher population (716 vs 265 in Elliott). Elliott has the higher median household income ($48,750 vs $39,338 in Piper City). Elliott has the higher median home value ($81,800 vs $76,600 in Piper City).

Population, income & housing

	Elliott	Piper City
Population	265	716
Median age	28.0 yrs	45.7 yrs
Median household income	$48,750	$39,338
Median home value	$81,800	$76,600
Median gross rent	$1,045	$786
Housing units	124	373
Homeownership rate	79.5%	72.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.3%	8.2%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	18.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elliott	Piper City
Population	270 → 265 (-1.9%)	878 → 716 (-18.5%)
Median household income	$48,438 → $48,750 (+0.6%)	$40,592 → $39,338 (-3.1%)
Median home value	$79,100 → $81,800 (+3.4%)	$72,000 → $76,600 (+6.4%)
Median gross rent	$733 → $1,045 (+42.6%)	$740 → $786 (+6.2%)

Elliott

Population

270265

Median household income

$48,438$48,750

Median home value

$79,100$81,800

Median gross rent

$733$1,045

Piper City

Population

878716

Median household income

$40,592$39,338

Median home value

$72,000$76,600

Median gross rent

$740$786

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elliott	Piper City
Under 5	6.8%	1.3%
5 to 17	17.7%	16.6%
18 to 24	17.4%	9.1%
25 to 34	11.3%	7.1%
35 to 44	6.8%	13.5%
45 to 54	9.1%	16.3%
55 to 64	12.5%	19.7%
65 to 74	12.8%	8.0%
75 and over	5.7%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elliott	Piper City
White (non-Hispanic)	95.1%	86.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	2.1%
Two or more races	2.6%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	6.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elliott	Piper City
No high school diploma	13.0%	6.7%
High school graduate	36.4%	48.2%
Some college or associate's	36.4%	36.9%
Bachelor's degree	13.6%	6.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.6%	2.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elliott	Piper City
Drove alone	95.6%	77.8%
Carpooled	0.0%	12.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	5.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.4%	4.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elliott	Piper City
1-unit, detached	97.6%	83.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.4%	4.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	11.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Elliott	Piper City
Poverty rate	21.7%	13.4%
Average household size	2.37	2.02
Mean commute (minutes)	27	23
Median year structure built	1948	1951