Belle Rive vs Dix

A side-by-side comparison of Belle Rive and Dix: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Dix has the higher population (557 vs 380 in Belle Rive). Belle Rive has the higher median household income ($55,577 vs $28,750 in Dix). Dix has the higher median home value ($93,000 vs $82,500 in Belle Rive).

Population, income & housing

	Belle Rive	Dix
Population	380	557
Median age	38.3 yrs	38.8 yrs
Median household income	$55,577	$28,750
Median home value	$82,500	$93,000
Median gross rent	$497	$459
Housing units	191	269
Homeownership rate	68.5%	57.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.7%	12.1%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Belle Rive	Dix
Population	288 → 380 (+31.9%)	437 → 557 (+27.5%)
Median household income	$48,194 → $55,577 (+15.3%)	$23,750 → $28,750 (+21.1%)
Median home value	$66,800 → $82,500 (+23.5%)	$73,900 → $93,000 (+25.8%)
Median gross rent	$600 → $497 (-17.2%)	$280 → $459 (+63.9%)

Belle Rive

Population

288380

Median household income

$48,194$55,577

Median home value

$66,800$82,500

Median gross rent

$600$497

Dix

Population

437557

Median household income

$23,750$28,750

Median home value

$73,900$93,000

Median gross rent

$280$459

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Belle Rive	Dix
Under 5	6.6%	4.7%
5 to 17	12.4%	21.4%
18 to 24	11.1%	11.7%
25 to 34	13.4%	7.5%
35 to 44	17.4%	16.0%
45 to 54	13.4%	9.5%
55 to 64	10.5%	12.9%
65 to 74	5.3%	10.6%
75 and over	10.0%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Belle Rive	Dix
White (non-Hispanic)	83.4%	94.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.7%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	11.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Belle Rive	Dix
No high school diploma	5.3%	6.6%
High school graduate	38.3%	35.4%
Some college or associate's	44.7%	45.8%
Bachelor's degree	9.0%	8.9%
Graduate or professional degree	2.6%	3.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Belle Rive	Dix
Drove alone	91.9%	82.2%
Carpooled	5.7%	14.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.4%	0.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Belle Rive	Dix
1-unit, detached	74.9%	46.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	32.7%
Mobile home & other	25.1%	19.0%

Poverty & households

	Belle Rive	Dix
Poverty rate	6.9%	17.3%
Average household size	2.07	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	20	24
Median year structure built	1977	1983