Aroma Park vs Essex

A side-by-side comparison of Aroma Park and Essex: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Essex has the higher population (956 vs 702 in Aroma Park). Essex has the higher median household income ($101,094 vs $72,250 in Aroma Park). Essex has the higher median home value ($219,000 vs $150,400 in Aroma Park).

Population, income & housing

	Aroma Park	Essex
Population	702	956
Median age	45.6 yrs	31.6 yrs
Median household income	$72,250	$101,094
Median home value	$150,400	$219,000
Median gross rent	$861	$1,147
Housing units	285	351
Homeownership rate	83.7%	90.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.4%	21.8%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Aroma Park	Essex
Population	740 → 702 (-5.1%)	907 → 956 (+5.4%)
Median household income	$50,500 → $72,250 (+43.1%)	$80,000 → $101,094 (+26.4%)
Median home value	$110,300 → $150,400 (+36.4%)	$191,400 → $219,000 (+14.4%)
Median gross rent	$861 → $861 (+0.0%)	$1,141 → $1,147 (+0.5%)

Aroma Park

Population

740702

Median household income

$50,500$72,250

Median home value

$110,300$150,400

Median gross rent

$861$861

Essex

Population

907956

Median household income

$80,000$101,094

Median home value

$191,400$219,000

Median gross rent

$1,141$1,147

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Aroma Park	Essex
Under 5	4.6%	10.1%
5 to 17	13.7%	26.8%
18 to 24	10.5%	1.7%
25 to 34	13.4%	14.7%
35 to 44	6.7%	15.2%
45 to 54	14.0%	8.1%
55 to 64	14.7%	12.3%
65 to 74	14.4%	7.6%
75 and over	8.1%	3.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Aroma Park	Essex
White (non-Hispanic)	73.2%	81.6%
Black or African American	2.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.0%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	18.2%	12.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Aroma Park	Essex
No high school diploma	7.6%	4.6%
High school graduate	32.8%	39.9%
Some college or associate's	42.2%	33.7%
Bachelor's degree	11.2%	19.1%
Graduate or professional degree	6.2%	2.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Aroma Park	Essex
Drove alone	82.4%	73.4%
Carpooled	8.8%	8.1%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	2.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.9%	17.4%
Other means	3.6%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Aroma Park	Essex
1-unit, detached	95.1%	92.0%
1-unit, attached	2.8%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	2.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	7.4%

Poverty & households

	Aroma Park	Essex
Poverty rate	16.5%	4.8%
Average household size	2.64	2.98
Mean commute (minutes)	23	31
Median year structure built	1954	1987