Essex vs Momence

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

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

Momence has the higher population (3,076 vs 956 in Essex). Essex has the higher median household income ($101,094 vs $52,048 in Momence). Essex has the higher median home value ($219,000 vs $159,600 in Momence).

Population, income & housing

	Essex	Momence
Population	956	3,076
Median age	31.6 yrs	36.8 yrs
Median household income	$101,094	$52,048
Median home value	$219,000	$159,600
Median gross rent	$1,147	$803
Housing units	351	1,241
Homeownership rate	90.7%	67.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.8%	15.6%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Essex	Momence
Population	907 → 956 (+5.4%)	3,143 → 3,076 (-2.1%)
Median household income	$80,000 → $101,094 (+26.4%)	$49,844 → $52,048 (+4.4%)
Median home value	$191,400 → $219,000 (+14.4%)	$143,400 → $159,600 (+11.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,141 → $1,147 (+0.5%)	$803 → $803 (+0.0%)

Essex

Population

907956

Median household income

$80,000$101,094

Median home value

$191,400$219,000

Median gross rent

$1,141$1,147

Momence

Population

3,1433,076

Median household income

$49,844$52,048

Median home value

$143,400$159,600

Median gross rent

$803$803

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Essex	Momence
Under 5	10.1%	10.0%
5 to 17	26.8%	16.2%
18 to 24	1.7%	10.1%
25 to 34	14.7%	11.3%
35 to 44	15.2%	12.2%
45 to 54	8.1%	12.0%
55 to 64	12.3%	8.3%
65 to 74	7.6%	8.5%
75 and over	3.5%	11.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Essex	Momence
White (non-Hispanic)	81.6%	75.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.1%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	12.9%	18.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Essex	Momence
No high school diploma	4.6%	12.2%
High school graduate	39.9%	44.2%
Some college or associate's	33.7%	28.0%
Bachelor's degree	19.1%	7.0%
Graduate or professional degree	2.7%	8.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Essex	Momence
Drove alone	73.4%	76.3%
Carpooled	8.1%	14.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	4.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	17.4%	2.6%
Other means	1.2%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Essex	Momence
1-unit, detached	92.0%	74.1%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	12.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	8.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.2%
Mobile home & other	7.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Essex	Momence
Poverty rate	4.8%	8.5%
Average household size	2.98	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	31	24
Median year structure built	1987	1959