Elizabeth vs Scales Mound

A side-by-side comparison of Elizabeth and Scales Mound: population, income, housing, and more.

Elizabeth and Scales Mound 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 441 in Scales Mound). Scales Mound has the higher median household income ($66,765 vs $47,500 in Elizabeth). Scales Mound has the higher median home value ($158,000 vs $115,500 in Elizabeth).

Population, income & housing

	Elizabeth	Scales Mound
Population	764	441
Median age	48.0 yrs	39.4 yrs
Median household income	$47,500	$66,765
Median home value	$115,500	$158,000
Median gross rent	$741	$774
Housing units	427	197
Homeownership rate	64.5%	75.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.3%	15.4%
Unemployment rate	1.0%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elizabeth	Scales Mound
Population	774 → 764 (-1.3%)	454 → 441 (-2.9%)
Median household income	$45,313 → $47,500 (+4.8%)	$57,813 → $66,765 (+15.5%)
Median home value	$94,600 → $115,500 (+22.1%)	$111,300 → $158,000 (+42.0%)
Median gross rent	$599 → $741 (+23.7%)	$684 → $774 (+13.2%)

Elizabeth

Population

774764

Median household income

$45,313$47,500

Median home value

$94,600$115,500

Median gross rent

$599$741

Scales Mound

Population

454441

Median household income

$57,813$66,765

Median home value

$111,300$158,000

Median gross rent

$684$774

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elizabeth	Scales Mound
Under 5	3.5%	5.7%
5 to 17	12.4%	22.2%
18 to 24	10.1%	7.3%
25 to 34	15.1%	8.8%
35 to 44	6.0%	13.6%
45 to 54	12.6%	9.1%
55 to 64	12.6%	9.3%
65 to 74	7.7%	15.6%
75 and over	20.0%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elizabeth	Scales Mound
White (non-Hispanic)	93.2%	94.8%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.5%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.7%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	5.8%	4.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elizabeth	Scales Mound
No high school diploma	16.8%	4.5%
High school graduate	30.8%	47.2%
Some college or associate's	30.1%	32.9%
Bachelor's degree	17.3%	13.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.0%	2.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elizabeth	Scales Mound
Drove alone	74.6%	84.6%
Carpooled	7.9%	8.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	5.2%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.9%	4.9%
Other means	2.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elizabeth	Scales Mound
1-unit, detached	74.7%	90.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.2%	5.6%
5 to 19 units	14.5%	4.1%
20 or more units	6.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Elizabeth	Scales Mound
Poverty rate	13.8%	3.6%
Average household size	1.92	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	26	39
Median year structure built	1952	1938