Ashkum vs Cissna Park

A side-by-side comparison of Ashkum and Cissna Park: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Cissna Park has the higher population (960 vs 765 in Ashkum). Ashkum has the higher median household income ($67,500 vs $50,625 in Cissna Park). Ashkum has the higher median home value ($136,500 vs $117,900 in Cissna Park).

Population, income & housing

	Ashkum	Cissna Park
Population	765	960
Median age	37.4 yrs	46.3 yrs
Median household income	$67,500	$50,625
Median home value	$136,500	$117,900
Median gross rent	$790	$649
Housing units	350	493
Homeownership rate	77.4%	69.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.4%	31.5%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ashkum	Cissna Park
Population	767 → 765 (-0.3%)	818 → 960 (+17.4%)
Median household income	$68,393 → $67,500 (-1.3%)	$43,472 → $50,625 (+16.5%)
Median home value	$130,100 → $136,500 (+4.9%)	$100,800 → $117,900 (+17.0%)
Median gross rent	$788 → $790 (+0.3%)	$614 → $649 (+5.7%)

Ashkum

Population

767765

Median household income

$68,393$67,500

Median home value

$130,100$136,500

Median gross rent

$788$790

Cissna Park

Population

818960

Median household income

$43,472$50,625

Median home value

$100,800$117,900

Median gross rent

$614$649

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ashkum	Cissna Park
Under 5	7.8%	4.8%
5 to 17	14.6%	13.2%
18 to 24	10.3%	2.9%
25 to 34	12.4%	10.7%
35 to 44	13.1%	16.4%
45 to 54	8.0%	10.5%
55 to 64	16.1%	13.6%
65 to 74	11.8%	13.9%
75 and over	5.9%	14.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ashkum	Cissna Park
White (non-Hispanic)	89.3%	84.0%
Black or African American	2.2%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.8%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.7%	8.2%
Hispanic or Latino	4.8%	6.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ashkum	Cissna Park
No high school diploma	14.2%	4.2%
High school graduate	32.9%	37.8%
Some college or associate's	39.5%	26.5%
Bachelor's degree	8.4%	19.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.1%	11.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ashkum	Cissna Park
Drove alone	80.6%	77.6%
Carpooled	7.3%	5.2%
Public transit	1.2%	0.5%
Walked	2.9%	5.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.0%
Worked from home	6.1%	8.9%
Other means	1.9%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ashkum	Cissna Park
1-unit, detached	77.4%	73.4%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	5.3%
2 to 4 units	16.0%	8.9%
5 to 19 units	2.9%	9.9%
20 or more units	1.4%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.6%

Poverty & households

	Ashkum	Cissna Park
Poverty rate	4.7%	9.5%
Average household size	2.41	2.10
Mean commute (minutes)	20	31
Median year structure built	1959	1959