Elkville vs Harrison

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

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

Harrison has the higher population (948 vs 781 in Elkville). Harrison has the higher median household income ($75,417 vs $46,600 in Elkville). Harrison has the higher median home value ($128,600 vs $74,000 in Elkville).

Population, income & housing

	Elkville	Harrison
Population	781	948
Median age	44.5 yrs	57.2 yrs
Median household income	$46,600	$75,417
Median home value	$74,000	$128,600
Median gross rent	$729	$695
Housing units	410	444
Homeownership rate	66.8%	71.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.6%	28.3%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	14.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elkville	Harrison
Population	829 → 781 (-5.8%)	805 → 948 (+17.8%)
Median household income	$39,041 → $46,600 (+19.4%)	$32,396 → $75,417 (+132.8%)
Median home value	$59,700 → $74,000 (+24.0%)	$69,200 → $128,600 (+85.8%)
Median gross rent	$575 → $729 (+26.8%)	$655 → $695 (+6.1%)

Elkville

Population

829781

Median household income

$39,041$46,600

Median home value

$59,700$74,000

Median gross rent

$575$729

Harrison

Population

805948

Median household income

$32,396$75,417

Median home value

$69,200$128,600

Median gross rent

$655$695

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elkville	Harrison
Under 5	9.2%	5.6%
5 to 17	15.7%	13.6%
18 to 24	4.9%	13.4%
25 to 34	14.5%	3.2%
35 to 44	6.1%	6.6%
45 to 54	9.0%	6.4%
55 to 64	14.9%	14.1%
65 to 74	15.6%	27.8%
75 and over	10.1%	9.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elkville	Harrison
White (non-Hispanic)	77.7%	56.9%
Black or African American	0.9%	5.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.9%	17.9%
Two or more races	5.5%	8.6%
Hispanic or Latino	12.4%	8.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elkville	Harrison
No high school diploma	20.3%	5.2%
High school graduate	25.2%	22.7%
Some college or associate's	46.0%	43.8%
Bachelor's degree	5.3%	26.3%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	2.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elkville	Harrison
Drove alone	85.2%	93.1%
Carpooled	7.2%	6.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.2%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elkville	Harrison
1-unit, detached	71.7%	73.0%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.5%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	1.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	17.3%	25.0%

Poverty & households

	Elkville	Harrison
Poverty rate	22.5%	10.0%
Average household size	2.30	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	27	34
Median year structure built	1966	1968