Kempton vs Melvin

A side-by-side comparison of Kempton and Melvin: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Melvin has the higher population (376 vs 221 in Kempton). Kempton has the higher median household income ($71,786 vs $35,000 in Melvin). Melvin has the higher median home value ($62,000 vs $56,700 in Kempton).

Population, income & housing

	Kempton	Melvin
Population	221	376
Median age	38.0 yrs	38.6 yrs
Median household income	$71,786	$35,000
Median home value	$56,700	$62,000
Median gross rent	$938	$817
Housing units	112	213
Homeownership rate	88.5%	84.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.6%	14.6%
Unemployment rate	17.2%	7.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kempton	Melvin
Population	220 → 221 (+0.5%)	458 → 376 (-17.9%)
Median household income	$52,083 → $71,786 (+37.8%)	$47,188 → $35,000 (-25.8%)
Median home value	$50,800 → $56,700 (+11.6%)	$61,600 → $62,000 (+0.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,048 → $938 (-10.5%)	$668 → $817 (+22.3%)

Kempton

Population

220221

Median household income

$52,083$71,786

Median home value

$50,800$56,700

Median gross rent

$1,048$938

Melvin

Population

458376

Median household income

$47,188$35,000

Median home value

$61,600$62,000

Median gross rent

$668$817

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kempton	Melvin
Under 5	5.0%	6.4%
5 to 17	15.8%	15.7%
18 to 24	10.0%	12.5%
25 to 34	5.4%	10.6%
35 to 44	33.5%	13.6%
45 to 54	9.0%	8.8%
55 to 64	11.8%	15.2%
65 to 74	5.9%	10.4%
75 and over	3.6%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kempton	Melvin
White (non-Hispanic)	91.4%	86.4%
Black or African American	2.3%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	6.6%
Two or more races	1.8%	6.1%
Hispanic or Latino	2.7%	0.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kempton	Melvin
No high school diploma	2.6%	13.0%
High school graduate	31.4%	41.5%
Some college or associate's	48.4%	30.9%
Bachelor's degree	10.5%	8.5%
Graduate or professional degree	7.2%	6.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kempton	Melvin
Drove alone	83.7%	90.9%
Carpooled	7.1%	6.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.2%	1.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kempton	Melvin
1-unit, detached	92.0%	93.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.0%	2.8%

Poverty & households

	Kempton	Melvin
Poverty rate	13.1%	25.3%
Average household size	2.30	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	38	21
Median year structure built	1938	1953