Apple River vs Elizabeth

A side-by-side comparison of Apple River and Elizabeth: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Elizabeth has the higher population (764 vs 305 in Apple River). Apple River has the higher median household income ($50,250 vs $47,500 in Elizabeth). Elizabeth has the higher median home value ($115,500 vs $78,600 in Apple River).

Population, income & housing

	Apple River	Elizabeth
Population	305	764
Median age	33.1 yrs	48.0 yrs
Median household income	$50,250	$47,500
Median home value	$78,600	$115,500
Median gross rent	$800	$741
Housing units	159	427
Homeownership rate	70.1%	64.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.5%	22.3%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Apple River	Elizabeth
Population	365 → 305 (-16.4%)	774 → 764 (-1.3%)
Median household income	$41,250 → $50,250 (+21.8%)	$45,313 → $47,500 (+4.8%)
Median home value	$69,100 → $78,600 (+13.7%)	$94,600 → $115,500 (+22.1%)
Median gross rent	$617 → $800 (+29.7%)	$599 → $741 (+23.7%)

Apple River

Population

365305

Median household income

$41,250$50,250

Median home value

$69,100$78,600

Median gross rent

$617$800

Elizabeth

Population

774764

Median household income

$45,313$47,500

Median home value

$94,600$115,500

Median gross rent

$599$741

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Apple River	Elizabeth
Under 5	5.9%	3.5%
5 to 17	25.2%	12.4%
18 to 24	5.6%	10.1%
25 to 34	14.4%	15.1%
35 to 44	3.9%	6.0%
45 to 54	21.3%	12.6%
55 to 64	9.2%	12.6%
65 to 74	10.8%	7.7%
75 and over	3.6%	20.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Apple River	Elizabeth
White (non-Hispanic)	89.2%	93.2%
Black or African American	1.3%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.3%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	7.2%	5.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Apple River	Elizabeth
No high school diploma	5.2%	16.8%
High school graduate	48.7%	30.8%
Some college or associate's	30.6%	30.1%
Bachelor's degree	12.4%	17.3%
Graduate or professional degree	3.1%	5.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Apple River	Elizabeth
Drove alone	84.6%	74.6%
Carpooled	8.4%	7.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	5.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	5.6%	9.9%
Other means	0.0%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Apple River	Elizabeth
1-unit, detached	81.8%	74.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.9%	4.2%
5 to 19 units	6.3%	14.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Apple River	Elizabeth
Poverty rate	14.4%	13.8%
Average household size	2.40	1.92
Mean commute (minutes)	30	26
Median year structure built	1938	1952