Basco vs Elvaston

A side-by-side comparison of Basco and Elvaston: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Elvaston has the higher population (185 vs 73 in Basco). Basco has the higher median household income ($46,250 vs $30,625 in Elvaston). Elvaston has the higher median home value ($70,800 vs $38,200 in Basco).

Population, income & housing

	Basco	Elvaston
Population	73	185
Median age	48.3 yrs	48.1 yrs
Median household income	$46,250	$30,625
Median home value	$38,200	$70,800
Housing units	45	103
Homeownership rate	83.8%	81.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.3%	4.7%
Unemployment rate	16.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Basco	Elvaston
Population	90 → 73 (-18.9%)	167 → 185 (+10.8%)
Median household income	$42,000 → $46,250 (+10.1%)	$31,875 → $30,625 (-3.9%)
Median home value	$38,800 → $38,200 (-1.5%)	$63,200 → $70,800 (+12.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$721 → $575 (-20.2%)

Basco

Population

9073

Median household income

$42,000$46,250

Median home value

$38,800$38,200

Elvaston

Population

167185

Median household income

$31,875$30,625

Median home value

$63,200$70,800

Median gross rent

$721$575

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Basco	Elvaston
Under 5	12.3%	8.6%
5 to 17	11.0%	18.9%
18 to 24	9.6%	2.7%
25 to 34	12.3%	5.4%
35 to 44	1.4%	10.3%
45 to 54	21.9%	21.6%
55 to 64	11.0%	13.0%
65 to 74	13.7%	16.2%
75 and over	6.8%	3.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Basco	Elvaston
White (non-Hispanic)	91.8%	79.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	15.7%
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	1.4%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	6.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Basco	Elvaston
No high school diploma	8.2%	12.4%
High school graduate	59.2%	49.6%
Some college or associate's	16.3%	33.3%
Bachelor's degree	16.3%	4.7%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Basco	Elvaston
Drove alone	82.9%	92.1%
Carpooled	0.0%	6.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	8.6%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	8.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Basco	Elvaston
1-unit, detached	100.0%	87.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	11.7%

Poverty & households

	Basco	Elvaston
Poverty rate	12.3%	18.9%
Average household size	1.97	2.13
Mean commute (minutes)	22	20
Median year structure built	1938	1938