Belknap vs Cypress

A side-by-side comparison of Belknap and Cypress: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Cypress has the higher population (264 vs 78 in Belknap). Since 2019, Cypress's population has grown faster (+20.0% vs -35.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Belknap	Cypress
Population	78	264
Median age	54.3 yrs	33.0 yrs
Median household income	—	$53,750
Median home value	—	$72,500
Median gross rent	—	$1,071
Housing units	50	84
Homeownership rate	68.6%	83.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.5%	5.6%
Unemployment rate	10.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Belknap	Cypress
Population	121 → 78 (-35.5%)	220 → 264 (+20.0%)
Median household income	$30,500 → $97,500 (+219.7%)	$39,375 → $53,750 (+36.5%)
Median home value	$50,700 → $66,700 (+31.6%)	$50,000 → $72,500 (+45.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$742 → $1,071 (+44.3%)

Belknap

Population

12178

Median household income

$30,500$97,500

Median home value

$50,700$66,700

Cypress

Population

220264

Median household income

$39,375$53,750

Median home value

$50,000$72,500

Median gross rent

$742$1,071

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Belknap	Cypress
Under 5	0.0%	13.6%
5 to 17	9.0%	10.6%
18 to 24	2.6%	15.2%
25 to 34	19.2%	10.6%
35 to 44	3.8%	15.9%
45 to 54	21.8%	11.0%
55 to 64	23.1%	9.5%
65 to 74	14.1%	8.0%
75 and over	6.4%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Belknap	Cypress
White (non-Hispanic)	94.9%	98.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.1%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Belknap	Cypress
No high school diploma	26.1%	6.9%
High school graduate	21.7%	56.3%
Some college or associate's	24.6%	31.3%
Bachelor's degree	27.5%	4.4%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	1.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Belknap	Cypress
Drove alone	100.0%	91.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	2.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	6.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Belknap	Cypress
1-unit, detached	72.0%	75.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	28.0%	25.0%

Poverty & households

	Belknap	Cypress
Poverty rate	7.7%	16.7%
Average household size	2.23	4.33
Mean commute (minutes)	30	24
Median year structure built	1971	1976