Elsah vs Otterville

A side-by-side comparison of Elsah and Otterville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Elsah has the higher population (655 vs 137 in Otterville). Elsah has the higher median household income ($83,750 vs $63,643 in Otterville). Elsah has the higher median home value ($207,100 vs $57,500 in Otterville).

Population, income & housing

	Elsah	Otterville
Population	655	137
Median age	20.6 yrs	67.5 yrs
Median household income	$83,750	$63,643
Median home value	$207,100	$57,500
Median gross rent	$1,708	—
Housing units	108	86
Homeownership rate	80.9%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	61.4%	1.6%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elsah	Otterville
Population	697 → 655 (-6.0%)	134 → 137 (+2.2%)
Median household income	$90,313 → $83,750 (-7.3%)	$33,958 → $63,643 (+87.4%)
Median home value	$168,800 → $207,100 (+22.7%)	$75,000 → $57,500 (-23.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,054 → $1,708 (+62.0%)	—

Elsah

Population

697655

Median household income

$90,313$83,750

Median home value

$168,800$207,100

Median gross rent

$1,054$1,708

Otterville

Population

134137

Median household income

$33,958$63,643

Median home value

$75,000$57,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elsah	Otterville
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	0.3%	4.4%
18 to 24	87.0%	1.5%
25 to 34	2.0%	10.9%
35 to 44	1.8%	13.1%
45 to 54	0.8%	3.6%
55 to 64	2.0%	13.1%
65 to 74	3.8%	18.2%
75 and over	2.3%	35.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elsah	Otterville
White (non-Hispanic)	67.2%	97.1%
Black or African American	10.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	2.2%
Asian	10.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.7%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.5%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	8.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elsah	Otterville
No high school diploma	2.4%	7.0%
High school graduate	13.3%	73.6%
Some college or associate's	22.9%	17.8%
Bachelor's degree	15.7%	0.8%
Graduate or professional degree	45.8%	0.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elsah	Otterville
Drove alone	26.8%	57.6%
Carpooled	2.4%	33.3%
Public transit	1.2%	0.0%
Walked	51.2%	6.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.5%	3.0%
Other means	2.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elsah	Otterville
1-unit, detached	93.5%	65.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	34.9%

Poverty & households

	Elsah	Otterville
Poverty rate	15.8%	7.4%
Average household size	1.40	2.14
Mean commute (minutes)	11	22
Median year structure built	1951	1959