Cleveland vs Nekoma

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

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

Cleveland has the higher population (214 vs 54 in Nekoma). Cleveland has the higher median household income ($81,875 vs $18,563 in Nekoma). Since 2019, Nekoma's population has grown faster (+12.5% vs -24.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Cleveland	Nekoma
Population	214	54
Median age	45.2 yrs	71.4 yrs
Median household income	$81,875	$18,563
Median home value	$145,500	—
Housing units	88	54
Homeownership rate	94.8%	81.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.2%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	—

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cleveland	Nekoma
Population	285 → 214 (-24.9%)	48 → 54 (+12.5%)
Median household income	$53,333 → $81,875 (+53.5%)	$16,012 → $18,563 (+15.9%)
Median home value	$97,500 → $145,500 (+49.2%)	—
Median gross rent	$933 → $1,042 (+11.7%)	—

Cleveland

Population

285214

Median household income

$53,333$81,875

Median home value

$97,500$145,500

Median gross rent

$933$1,042

Nekoma

Population

4854

Median household income

$16,012$18,563

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cleveland	Nekoma
Under 5	5.6%	0.0%
5 to 17	21.5%	0.0%
18 to 24	5.6%	0.0%
25 to 34	7.5%	0.0%
35 to 44	8.9%	0.0%
45 to 54	28.5%	0.0%
55 to 64	15.0%	0.0%
65 to 74	5.1%	92.6%
75 and over	2.3%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cleveland	Nekoma
White (non-Hispanic)	88.3%	81.5%
Black or African American	1.9%	18.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.1%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cleveland	Nekoma
No high school diploma	8.3%	0.0%
High school graduate	42.4%	0.0%
Some college or associate's	36.1%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree	6.3%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.9%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cleveland	Nekoma
Drove alone	96.1%	—
Carpooled	0.0%	—
Public transit	0.0%	—
Walked	0.0%	—
Bicycle	0.0%	—
Worked from home	3.9%	—
Other means	0.0%	—

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cleveland	Nekoma
1-unit, detached	100.0%	81.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	18.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Cleveland	Nekoma
Poverty rate	2.3%	0.0%
Average household size	2.78	—
Mean commute (minutes)	26	—
Median year structure built	1973	1938