Elkville vs Grand Tower

A side-by-side comparison of Elkville and Grand Tower: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Elkville has the higher population (781 vs 551 in Grand Tower). Grand Tower has the higher median household income ($59,375 vs $46,600 in Elkville). Elkville has the higher median home value ($74,000 vs $24,500 in Grand Tower).

Population, income & housing

	Elkville	Grand Tower
Population	781	551
Median age	44.5 yrs	24.1 yrs
Median household income	$46,600	$59,375
Median home value	$74,000	$24,500
Median gross rent	$729	$700
Housing units	410	245
Homeownership rate	66.8%	64.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.6%	2.6%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	10.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elkville	Grand Tower
Population	829 → 781 (-5.8%)	565 → 551 (-2.5%)
Median household income	$39,041 → $46,600 (+19.4%)	$44,559 → $59,375 (+33.3%)
Median home value	$59,700 → $74,000 (+24.0%)	$36,700 → $24,500 (-33.2%)
Median gross rent	$575 → $729 (+26.8%)	$618 → $700 (+13.3%)

Elkville

Population

829781

Median household income

$39,041$46,600

Median home value

$59,700$74,000

Median gross rent

$575$729

Grand Tower

Population

565551

Median household income

$44,559$59,375

Median home value

$36,700$24,500

Median gross rent

$618$700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elkville	Grand Tower
Under 5	9.2%	12.0%
5 to 17	15.7%	16.7%
18 to 24	4.9%	23.2%
25 to 34	14.5%	9.4%
35 to 44	6.1%	8.9%
45 to 54	9.0%	13.1%
55 to 64	14.9%	8.2%
65 to 74	15.6%	5.6%
75 and over	10.1%	2.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elkville	Grand Tower
White (non-Hispanic)	77.7%	86.2%
Black or African American	0.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.9%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.5%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	12.4%	12.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elkville	Grand Tower
No high school diploma	20.3%	13.2%
High school graduate	25.2%	40.4%
Some college or associate's	46.0%	43.8%
Bachelor's degree	5.3%	1.9%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	0.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elkville	Grand Tower
Drove alone	85.2%	84.2%
Carpooled	7.2%	13.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.2%	2.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elkville	Grand Tower
1-unit, detached	71.7%	73.5%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.5%	8.2%
5 to 19 units	1.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	17.3%	18.4%

Poverty & households

	Elkville	Grand Tower
Poverty rate	22.5%	22.2%
Average household size	2.30	2.74
Mean commute (minutes)	27	40
Median year structure built	1966	1960