Essex vs St. Anne

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

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

St. Anne has the higher population (1,070 vs 956 in Essex). Essex has the higher median household income ($101,094 vs $71,574 in St. Anne). Essex has the higher median home value ($219,000 vs $129,500 in St. Anne).

Population, income & housing

	Essex	St. Anne
Population	956	1,070
Median age	31.6 yrs	42.8 yrs
Median household income	$101,094	$71,574
Median home value	$219,000	$129,500
Median gross rent	$1,147	$882
Housing units	351	498
Homeownership rate	90.7%	70.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.8%	12.1%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	7.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Essex	St. Anne
Population	907 → 956 (+5.4%)	1,218 → 1,070 (-12.2%)
Median household income	$80,000 → $101,094 (+26.4%)	$55,357 → $71,574 (+29.3%)
Median home value	$191,400 → $219,000 (+14.4%)	$101,200 → $129,500 (+28.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,141 → $1,147 (+0.5%)	$659 → $882 (+33.8%)

Essex

Population

907956

Median household income

$80,000$101,094

Median home value

$191,400$219,000

Median gross rent

$1,141$1,147

St. Anne

Population

1,2181,070

Median household income

$55,357$71,574

Median home value

$101,200$129,500

Median gross rent

$659$882

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Essex	St. Anne
Under 5	10.1%	5.1%
5 to 17	26.8%	15.2%
18 to 24	1.7%	6.4%
25 to 34	14.7%	9.0%
35 to 44	15.2%	18.2%
45 to 54	8.1%	8.8%
55 to 64	12.3%	13.6%
65 to 74	7.6%	13.4%
75 and over	3.5%	10.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Essex	St. Anne
White (non-Hispanic)	81.6%	77.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.1%
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%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	12.9%	19.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Essex	St. Anne
No high school diploma	4.6%	8.8%
High school graduate	39.9%	44.1%
Some college or associate's	33.7%	35.0%
Bachelor's degree	19.1%	7.9%
Graduate or professional degree	2.7%	4.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Essex	St. Anne
Drove alone	73.4%	80.8%
Carpooled	8.1%	6.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.4%	7.7%
Other means	1.2%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Essex	St. Anne
1-unit, detached	92.0%	86.1%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	5.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.2%
Mobile home & other	7.4%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Essex	St. Anne
Poverty rate	4.8%	7.6%
Average household size	2.98	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	31	36
Median year structure built	1987	1947