Hanover vs Scales Mound

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

Hanover and Scales Mound 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 441 in Scales Mound). Scales Mound has the higher median household income ($66,765 vs $39,583 in Hanover). Scales Mound has the higher median home value ($158,000 vs $86,200 in Hanover).

Population, income & housing

	Hanover	Scales Mound
Population	847	441
Median age	50.9 yrs	39.4 yrs
Median household income	$39,583	$66,765
Median home value	$86,200	$158,000
Median gross rent	$751	$774
Housing units	459	197
Homeownership rate	65.4%	75.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.0%	15.4%
Unemployment rate	7.1%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hanover	Scales Mound
Population	736 → 847 (+15.1%)	454 → 441 (-2.9%)
Median household income	$41,719 → $39,583 (-5.1%)	$57,813 → $66,765 (+15.5%)
Median home value	$77,900 → $86,200 (+10.7%)	$111,300 → $158,000 (+42.0%)
Median gross rent	$581 → $751 (+29.3%)	$684 → $774 (+13.2%)

Hanover

Population

736847

Median household income

$41,719$39,583

Median home value

$77,900$86,200

Median gross rent

$581$751

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)

	Hanover	Scales Mound
Under 5	1.9%	5.7%
5 to 17	19.7%	22.2%
18 to 24	2.1%	7.3%
25 to 34	8.7%	8.8%
35 to 44	11.7%	13.6%
45 to 54	17.8%	9.1%
55 to 64	13.9%	9.3%
65 to 74	13.0%	15.6%
75 and over	11.1%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hanover	Scales Mound
White (non-Hispanic)	82.1%	94.8%
Black or African American	4.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.4%	0.2%
Asian	1.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.5%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.4%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	7.6%	4.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hanover	Scales Mound
No high school diploma	15.3%	4.5%
High school graduate	44.4%	47.2%
Some college or associate's	31.3%	32.9%
Bachelor's degree	6.7%	13.3%
Graduate or professional degree	2.3%	2.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hanover	Scales Mound
Drove alone	81.0%	84.6%
Carpooled	11.4%	8.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	1.0%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.9%	4.9%
Other means	2.6%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hanover	Scales Mound
1-unit, detached	70.4%	90.4%
1-unit, attached	4.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	17.4%	5.6%
5 to 19 units	7.4%	4.1%
20 or more units	0.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Hanover	Scales Mound
Poverty rate	22.6%	3.6%
Average household size	2.01	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	31	39
Median year structure built	1943	1938