Apple River vs Hanover

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

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

Hanover has the higher population (847 vs 305 in Apple River). Apple River has the higher median household income ($50,250 vs $39,583 in Hanover). Hanover has the higher median home value ($86,200 vs $78,600 in Apple River).

Population, income & housing

	Apple River	Hanover
Population	305	847
Median age	33.1 yrs	50.9 yrs
Median household income	$50,250	$39,583
Median home value	$78,600	$86,200
Median gross rent	$800	$751
Housing units	159	459
Homeownership rate	70.1%	65.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.5%	9.0%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	7.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Apple River	Hanover
Population	365 → 305 (-16.4%)	736 → 847 (+15.1%)
Median household income	$41,250 → $50,250 (+21.8%)	$41,719 → $39,583 (-5.1%)
Median home value	$69,100 → $78,600 (+13.7%)	$77,900 → $86,200 (+10.7%)
Median gross rent	$617 → $800 (+29.7%)	$581 → $751 (+29.3%)

Apple River

Population

365305

Median household income

$41,250$50,250

Median home value

$69,100$78,600

Median gross rent

$617$800

Hanover

Population

736847

Median household income

$41,719$39,583

Median home value

$77,900$86,200

Median gross rent

$581$751

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Apple River	Hanover
Under 5	5.9%	1.9%
5 to 17	25.2%	19.7%
18 to 24	5.6%	2.1%
25 to 34	14.4%	8.7%
35 to 44	3.9%	11.7%
45 to 54	21.3%	17.8%
55 to 64	9.2%	13.9%
65 to 74	10.8%	13.0%
75 and over	3.6%	11.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Apple River	Hanover
White (non-Hispanic)	89.2%	82.1%
Black or African American	1.3%	4.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.4%
Asian	0.0%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.3%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	7.2%	7.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Apple River	Hanover
No high school diploma	5.2%	15.3%
High school graduate	48.7%	44.4%
Some college or associate's	30.6%	31.3%
Bachelor's degree	12.4%	6.7%
Graduate or professional degree	3.1%	2.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Apple River	Hanover
Drove alone	84.6%	81.0%
Carpooled	8.4%	11.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.6%	3.9%
Other means	0.0%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Apple River	Hanover
1-unit, detached	81.8%	70.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.4%
2 to 4 units	11.9%	17.4%
5 to 19 units	6.3%	7.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Apple River	Hanover
Poverty rate	14.4%	22.6%
Average household size	2.40	2.01
Mean commute (minutes)	30	31
Median year structure built	1938	1943