Cedar Point vs Ransom

A side-by-side comparison of Cedar Point and Ransom: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Ransom has the higher population (312 vs 218 in Cedar Point). Ransom has the higher median household income ($69,250 vs $59,028 in Cedar Point). Ransom has the higher median home value ($101,500 vs $87,300 in Cedar Point).

Population, income & housing

	Cedar Point	Ransom
Population	218	312
Median age	35.9 yrs	35.5 yrs
Median household income	$59,028	$69,250
Median home value	$87,300	$101,500
Median gross rent	$950	$700
Housing units	101	149
Homeownership rate	82.4%	82.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.0%	14.7%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cedar Point	Ransom
Population	247 → 218 (-11.7%)	414 → 312 (-24.6%)
Median household income	$49,911 → $59,028 (+18.3%)	$71,250 → $69,250 (-2.8%)
Median home value	$79,300 → $87,300 (+10.1%)	$91,400 → $101,500 (+11.1%)
Median gross rent	$781 → $950 (+21.6%)	$804 → $700 (-12.9%)

Cedar Point

Population

247218

Median household income

$49,911$59,028

Median home value

$79,300$87,300

Median gross rent

$781$950

Ransom

Population

414312

Median household income

$71,250$69,250

Median home value

$91,400$101,500

Median gross rent

$804$700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cedar Point	Ransom
Under 5	6.0%	5.8%
5 to 17	16.1%	16.7%
18 to 24	9.6%	9.9%
25 to 34	14.7%	17.3%
35 to 44	10.1%	11.5%
45 to 54	10.6%	12.2%
55 to 64	12.8%	11.2%
65 to 74	10.6%	11.2%
75 and over	9.6%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cedar Point	Ransom
White (non-Hispanic)	87.2%	86.9%
Black or African American	2.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	10.6%	10.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cedar Point	Ransom
No high school diploma	4.7%	3.3%
High school graduate	51.0%	47.4%
Some college or associate's	40.3%	34.6%
Bachelor's degree	2.7%	5.7%
Graduate or professional degree	1.3%	9.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cedar Point	Ransom
Drove alone	79.5%	90.1%
Carpooled	3.3%	2.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.3%	4.7%
Other means	4.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cedar Point	Ransom
1-unit, detached	87.1%	90.6%
1-unit, attached	6.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.9%	7.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Cedar Point	Ransom
Poverty rate	4.1%	14.7%
Average household size	2.40	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	28	33
Median year structure built	1954	1948