Essex vs Grant Park

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

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

Grant Park has the higher population (1,547 vs 956 in Essex). Essex has the higher median household income ($101,094 vs $72,500 in Grant Park). Essex has the higher median home value ($219,000 vs $205,500 in Grant Park).

Population, income & housing

	Essex	Grant Park
Population	956	1,547
Median age	31.6 yrs	33.5 yrs
Median household income	$101,094	$72,500
Median home value	$219,000	$205,500
Median gross rent	$1,147	$1,149
Housing units	351	472
Homeownership rate	90.7%	67.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.8%	12.6%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	7.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Essex	Grant Park
Population	907 → 956 (+5.4%)	1,411 → 1,547 (+9.6%)
Median household income	$80,000 → $101,094 (+26.4%)	$60,000 → $72,500 (+20.8%)
Median home value	$191,400 → $219,000 (+14.4%)	$156,500 → $205,500 (+31.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,141 → $1,147 (+0.5%)	$841 → $1,149 (+36.6%)

Essex

Population

907956

Median household income

$80,000$101,094

Median home value

$191,400$219,000

Median gross rent

$1,141$1,147

Grant Park

Population

1,4111,547

Median household income

$60,000$72,500

Median home value

$156,500$205,500

Median gross rent

$841$1,149

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Essex	Grant Park
Under 5	10.1%	12.5%
5 to 17	26.8%	29.4%
18 to 24	1.7%	2.3%
25 to 34	14.7%	10.3%
35 to 44	15.2%	13.8%
45 to 54	8.1%	5.6%
55 to 64	12.3%	8.1%
65 to 74	7.6%	11.1%
75 and over	3.5%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Essex	Grant Park
White (non-Hispanic)	81.6%	93.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.1%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	12.9%	5.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Essex	Grant Park
No high school diploma	4.6%	6.1%
High school graduate	39.9%	39.4%
Some college or associate's	33.7%	41.8%
Bachelor's degree	19.1%	8.7%
Graduate or professional degree	2.7%	3.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Essex	Grant Park
Drove alone	73.4%	88.0%
Carpooled	8.1%	0.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	4.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.4%	5.1%
Other means	1.2%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Essex	Grant Park
1-unit, detached	92.0%	73.3%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	11.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	15.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Essex	Grant Park
Poverty rate	4.8%	12.0%
Average household size	2.98	3.26
Mean commute (minutes)	31	31
Median year structure built	1987	1972