Essex vs Limestone

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

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

Limestone has the higher population (1,338 vs 956 in Essex). Essex has the higher median household income ($101,094 vs $95,625 in Limestone). Essex has the higher median home value ($219,000 vs $212,600 in Limestone).

Population, income & housing

	Essex	Limestone
Population	956	1,338
Median age	31.6 yrs	41.8 yrs
Median household income	$101,094	$95,625
Median home value	$219,000	$212,600
Median gross rent	$1,147	$1,577
Housing units	351	600
Homeownership rate	90.7%	95.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.8%	20.7%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Essex	Limestone
Population	907 → 956 (+5.4%)	1,570 → 1,338 (-14.8%)
Median household income	$80,000 → $101,094 (+26.4%)	$73,625 → $95,625 (+29.9%)
Median home value	$191,400 → $219,000 (+14.4%)	$156,400 → $212,600 (+35.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,141 → $1,147 (+0.5%)	$798 → $1,577 (+97.6%)

Essex

Population

907956

Median household income

$80,000$101,094

Median home value

$191,400$219,000

Median gross rent

$1,141$1,147

Limestone

Population

1,5701,338

Median household income

$73,625$95,625

Median home value

$156,400$212,600

Median gross rent

$798$1,577

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Essex	Limestone
Under 5	10.1%	6.0%
5 to 17	26.8%	12.7%
18 to 24	1.7%	5.4%
25 to 34	14.7%	12.6%
35 to 44	15.2%	16.2%
45 to 54	8.1%	12.6%
55 to 64	12.3%	13.6%
65 to 74	7.6%	10.0%
75 and over	3.5%	10.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Essex	Limestone
White (non-Hispanic)	81.6%	94.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
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%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	12.9%	4.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Essex	Limestone
No high school diploma	4.6%	4.5%
High school graduate	39.9%	25.4%
Some college or associate's	33.7%	49.4%
Bachelor's degree	19.1%	12.6%
Graduate or professional degree	2.7%	8.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Essex	Limestone
Drove alone	73.4%	81.8%
Carpooled	8.1%	4.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.4%	13.3%
Other means	1.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Essex	Limestone
1-unit, detached	92.0%	98.7%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Essex	Limestone
Poverty rate	4.8%	5.7%
Average household size	2.98	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	31	26
Median year structure built	1987	1969