Essex vs Sun River Terrace

A side-by-side comparison of Essex and Sun River Terrace: population, income, housing, and more.

Essex and Sun River Terrace 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 637 in Sun River Terrace). Essex has the higher median household income ($101,094 vs $43,393 in Sun River Terrace). Essex has the higher median home value ($219,000 vs $107,100 in Sun River Terrace).

Population, income & housing

	Essex	Sun River Terrace
Population	956	637
Median age	31.6 yrs	33.3 yrs
Median household income	$101,094	$43,393
Median home value	$219,000	$107,100
Median gross rent	$1,147	$1,058
Housing units	351	224
Homeownership rate	90.7%	45.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.8%	16.2%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Essex	Sun River Terrace
Population	907 → 956 (+5.4%)	445 → 637 (+43.1%)
Median household income	$80,000 → $101,094 (+26.4%)	$36,250 → $43,393 (+19.7%)
Median home value	$191,400 → $219,000 (+14.4%)	$75,700 → $107,100 (+41.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,141 → $1,147 (+0.5%)	$1,068 → $1,058 (-0.9%)

Essex

Population

907956

Median household income

$80,000$101,094

Median home value

$191,400$219,000

Median gross rent

$1,141$1,147

Sun River Terrace

Population

445637

Median household income

$36,250$43,393

Median home value

$75,700$107,100

Median gross rent

$1,068$1,058

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Essex	Sun River Terrace
Under 5	10.1%	6.8%
5 to 17	26.8%	34.2%
18 to 24	1.7%	3.0%
25 to 34	14.7%	12.2%
35 to 44	15.2%	14.1%
45 to 54	8.1%	7.1%
55 to 64	12.3%	10.0%
65 to 74	7.6%	6.6%
75 and over	3.5%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Essex	Sun River Terrace
White (non-Hispanic)	81.6%	7.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	84.1%
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%	0.6%
Two or more races	5.1%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	12.9%	7.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Essex	Sun River Terrace
No high school diploma	4.6%	11.2%
High school graduate	39.9%	42.9%
Some college or associate's	33.7%	29.7%
Bachelor's degree	19.1%	7.3%
Graduate or professional degree	2.7%	9.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Essex	Sun River Terrace
Drove alone	73.4%	77.2%
Carpooled	8.1%	14.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.4%	4.9%
Other means	1.2%	3.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Essex	Sun River Terrace
1-unit, detached	92.0%	85.7%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	7.1%
Mobile home & other	7.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Essex	Sun River Terrace
Poverty rate	4.8%	36.5%
Average household size	2.98	3.41
Mean commute (minutes)	31	27
Median year structure built	1987	1972