Alpha vs Cleveland

A side-by-side comparison of Alpha and Cleveland: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Alpha has the higher population (801 vs 214 in Cleveland). Cleveland has the higher median household income ($81,875 vs $75,139 in Alpha). Cleveland has the higher median home value ($145,500 vs $115,700 in Alpha).

Population, income & housing

	Alpha	Cleveland
Population	801	214
Median age	43.6 yrs	45.2 yrs
Median household income	$75,139	$81,875
Median home value	$115,700	$145,500
Median gross rent	$957	—
Housing units	345	88
Homeownership rate	84.6%	94.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.7%	13.2%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alpha	Cleveland
Population	578 → 801 (+38.6%)	285 → 214 (-24.9%)
Median household income	$53,594 → $75,139 (+40.2%)	$53,333 → $81,875 (+53.5%)
Median home value	$86,400 → $115,700 (+33.9%)	$97,500 → $145,500 (+49.2%)
Median gross rent	$732 → $957 (+30.7%)	$933 → $1,042 (+11.7%)

Alpha

Population

578801

Median household income

$53,594$75,139

Median home value

$86,400$115,700

Median gross rent

$732$957

Cleveland

Population

285214

Median household income

$53,333$81,875

Median home value

$97,500$145,500

Median gross rent

$933$1,042

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alpha	Cleveland
Under 5	8.6%	5.6%
5 to 17	15.6%	21.5%
18 to 24	6.5%	5.6%
25 to 34	13.9%	7.5%
35 to 44	7.0%	8.9%
45 to 54	15.2%	28.5%
55 to 64	11.1%	15.0%
65 to 74	14.2%	5.1%
75 and over	7.9%	2.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alpha	Cleveland
White (non-Hispanic)	82.1%	88.3%
Black or African American	0.2%	1.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.7%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	10.6%	3.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alpha	Cleveland
No high school diploma	5.9%	8.3%
High school graduate	33.5%	42.4%
Some college or associate's	39.8%	36.1%
Bachelor's degree	15.7%	6.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.0%	6.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alpha	Cleveland
Drove alone	87.5%	96.1%
Carpooled	6.9%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.5%	3.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alpha	Cleveland
1-unit, detached	95.1%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Alpha	Cleveland
Poverty rate	1.4%	2.3%
Average household size	2.51	2.78
Mean commute (minutes)	20	26
Median year structure built	1964	1973