Grant Park vs Limestone

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

Grant Park and Limestone 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 1,338 in Limestone). Limestone has the higher median household income ($95,625 vs $72,500 in Grant Park). Limestone has the higher median home value ($212,600 vs $205,500 in Grant Park).

Population, income & housing

	Grant Park	Limestone
Population	1,547	1,338
Median age	33.5 yrs	41.8 yrs
Median household income	$72,500	$95,625
Median home value	$205,500	$212,600
Median gross rent	$1,149	$1,577
Housing units	472	600
Homeownership rate	67.4%	95.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.6%	20.7%
Unemployment rate	7.9%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grant Park	Limestone
Population	1,411 → 1,547 (+9.6%)	1,570 → 1,338 (-14.8%)
Median household income	$60,000 → $72,500 (+20.8%)	$73,625 → $95,625 (+29.9%)
Median home value	$156,500 → $205,500 (+31.3%)	$156,400 → $212,600 (+35.9%)
Median gross rent	$841 → $1,149 (+36.6%)	$798 → $1,577 (+97.6%)

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

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)

	Grant Park	Limestone
Under 5	12.5%	6.0%
5 to 17	29.4%	12.7%
18 to 24	2.3%	5.4%
25 to 34	10.3%	12.6%
35 to 44	13.8%	16.2%
45 to 54	5.6%	12.6%
55 to 64	8.1%	13.6%
65 to 74	11.1%	10.0%
75 and over	6.9%	10.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grant Park	Limestone
White (non-Hispanic)	93.1%	94.6%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.7%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	5.0%	4.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Grant Park	Limestone
No high school diploma	6.1%	4.5%
High school graduate	39.4%	25.4%
Some college or associate's	41.8%	49.4%
Bachelor's degree	8.7%	12.6%
Graduate or professional degree	3.9%	8.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grant Park	Limestone
Drove alone	88.0%	81.8%
Carpooled	0.8%	4.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.3%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.1%	13.3%
Other means	1.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Grant Park	Limestone
1-unit, detached	73.3%	98.7%
1-unit, attached	11.2%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	15.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Grant Park	Limestone
Poverty rate	12.0%	5.7%
Average household size	3.26	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	31	26
Median year structure built	1972	1969