Earlville vs Leland

A side-by-side comparison of Earlville and Leland: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Earlville has the higher population (2,015 vs 1,102 in Leland). Leland has the higher median household income ($74,911 vs $62,763 in Earlville). Leland has the higher median home value ($181,000 vs $127,300 in Earlville).

Population, income & housing

	Earlville	Leland
Population	2,015	1,102
Median age	32.2 yrs	38.4 yrs
Median household income	$62,763	$74,911
Median home value	$127,300	$181,000
Median gross rent	$998	$1,125
Housing units	899	467
Homeownership rate	62.9%	74.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.4%	28.9%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	9.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Earlville	Leland
Population	1,928 → 2,015 (+4.5%)	846 → 1,102 (+30.3%)
Median household income	$54,301 → $62,763 (+15.6%)	$62,500 → $74,911 (+19.9%)
Median home value	$107,300 → $127,300 (+18.6%)	$143,800 → $181,000 (+25.9%)
Median gross rent	$848 → $998 (+17.7%)	$858 → $1,125 (+31.1%)

Earlville

Population

1,9282,015

Median household income

$54,301$62,763

Median home value

$107,300$127,300

Median gross rent

$848$998

Leland

Population

8461,102

Median household income

$62,500$74,911

Median home value

$143,800$181,000

Median gross rent

$858$1,125

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Earlville	Leland
Under 5	5.7%	4.5%
5 to 17	20.6%	20.3%
18 to 24	14.2%	8.9%
25 to 34	14.7%	13.5%
35 to 44	8.5%	15.5%
45 to 54	11.9%	13.7%
55 to 64	11.6%	13.1%
65 to 74	9.4%	5.5%
75 and over	3.5%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Earlville	Leland
White (non-Hispanic)	86.3%	89.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	5.7%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	7.7%	6.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Earlville	Leland
No high school diploma	11.3%	5.1%
High school graduate	46.5%	31.6%
Some college or associate's	33.8%	34.4%
Bachelor's degree	6.2%	20.1%
Graduate or professional degree	2.3%	8.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Earlville	Leland
Drove alone	82.0%	86.3%
Carpooled	6.7%	6.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.6%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.7%	6.5%
Other means	2.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Earlville	Leland
1-unit, detached	63.8%	90.1%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.7%	9.4%
5 to 19 units	5.5%	0.4%
20 or more units	0.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	16.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Earlville	Leland
Poverty rate	15.3%	13.2%
Average household size	2.42	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	33	36
Median year structure built	1968	1946