Leland vs Seneca

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

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

Seneca has the higher population (2,525 vs 1,102 in Leland). Seneca has the higher median household income ($91,065 vs $74,911 in Leland). Seneca has the higher median home value ($206,400 vs $181,000 in Leland).

Population, income & housing

	Leland	Seneca
Population	1,102	2,525
Median age	38.4 yrs	35.2 yrs
Median household income	$74,911	$91,065
Median home value	$181,000	$206,400
Median gross rent	$1,125	$988
Housing units	467	971
Homeownership rate	74.9%	76.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.9%	12.9%
Unemployment rate	9.4%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Leland	Seneca
Population	846 → 1,102 (+30.3%)	2,442 → 2,525 (+3.4%)
Median household income	$62,500 → $74,911 (+19.9%)	$72,273 → $91,065 (+26.0%)
Median home value	$143,800 → $181,000 (+25.9%)	$161,000 → $206,400 (+28.2%)
Median gross rent	$858 → $1,125 (+31.1%)	$741 → $988 (+33.3%)

Leland

Population

8461,102

Median household income

$62,500$74,911

Median home value

$143,800$181,000

Median gross rent

$858$1,125

Seneca

Population

2,4422,525

Median household income

$72,273$91,065

Median home value

$161,000$206,400

Median gross rent

$741$988

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Leland	Seneca
Under 5	4.5%	8.4%
5 to 17	20.3%	19.4%
18 to 24	8.9%	7.0%
25 to 34	13.5%	15.0%
35 to 44	15.5%	6.4%
45 to 54	13.7%	12.1%
55 to 64	13.1%	20.8%
65 to 74	5.5%	7.0%
75 and over	4.9%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Leland	Seneca
White (non-Hispanic)	89.9%	88.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.4%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	6.6%	6.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Leland	Seneca
No high school diploma	5.1%	5.3%
High school graduate	31.6%	40.8%
Some college or associate's	34.4%	41.0%
Bachelor's degree	20.1%	10.5%
Graduate or professional degree	8.8%	2.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Leland	Seneca
Drove alone	86.3%	77.5%
Carpooled	6.3%	10.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	5.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.5%	6.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Leland	Seneca
1-unit, detached	90.1%	77.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.3%
2 to 4 units	9.4%	8.4%
5 to 19 units	0.4%	2.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	6.7%

Poverty & households

	Leland	Seneca
Poverty rate	13.2%	19.4%
Average household size	2.51	2.72
Mean commute (minutes)	36	30
Median year structure built	1946	1975