De Soto vs Elkville

A side-by-side comparison of De Soto and Elkville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

De Soto has the higher population (1,701 vs 781 in Elkville). De Soto has the higher median household income ($52,131 vs $46,600 in Elkville). De Soto has the higher median home value ($88,800 vs $74,000 in Elkville).

Population, income & housing

	De Soto	Elkville
Population	1,701	781
Median age	35.7 yrs	44.5 yrs
Median household income	$52,131	$46,600
Median home value	$88,800	$74,000
Median gross rent	$749	$729
Housing units	812	410
Homeownership rate	45.1%	66.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.4%	8.6%
Unemployment rate	7.3%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	De Soto	Elkville
Population	1,697 → 1,701 (+0.2%)	829 → 781 (-5.8%)
Median household income	$43,333 → $52,131 (+20.3%)	$39,041 → $46,600 (+19.4%)
Median home value	$81,100 → $88,800 (+9.5%)	$59,700 → $74,000 (+24.0%)
Median gross rent	$631 → $749 (+18.7%)	$575 → $729 (+26.8%)

De Soto

Population

1,6971,701

Median household income

$43,333$52,131

Median home value

$81,100$88,800

Median gross rent

$631$749

Elkville

Population

829781

Median household income

$39,041$46,600

Median home value

$59,700$74,000

Median gross rent

$575$729

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	De Soto	Elkville
Under 5	6.7%	9.2%
5 to 17	18.5%	15.7%
18 to 24	7.1%	4.9%
25 to 34	16.3%	14.5%
35 to 44	14.1%	6.1%
45 to 54	17.9%	9.0%
55 to 64	6.5%	14.9%
65 to 74	7.1%	15.6%
75 and over	5.9%	10.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	De Soto	Elkville
White (non-Hispanic)	91.7%	77.7%
Black or African American	1.6%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.5%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	2.9%
Two or more races	6.3%	5.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	12.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	De Soto	Elkville
No high school diploma	9.9%	20.3%
High school graduate	30.0%	25.2%
Some college or associate's	42.6%	46.0%
Bachelor's degree	10.7%	5.3%
Graduate or professional degree	6.8%	3.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	De Soto	Elkville
Drove alone	76.9%	85.2%
Carpooled	9.3%	7.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.4%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.8%	5.2%
Other means	2.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	De Soto	Elkville
1-unit, detached	61.5%	71.7%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	19.5%	8.5%
5 to 19 units	3.0%	1.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	15.6%	17.3%

Poverty & households

	De Soto	Elkville
Poverty rate	16.6%	22.5%
Average household size	2.20	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	18	27
Median year structure built	1978	1966