Naplate vs Ransom

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

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

Naplate has the higher population (461 vs 312 in Ransom). Ransom has the higher median household income ($69,250 vs $67,589 in Naplate). Naplate has the higher median home value ($135,100 vs $101,500 in Ransom).

Population, income & housing

	Naplate	Ransom
Population	461	312
Median age	49.9 yrs	35.5 yrs
Median household income	$67,589	$69,250
Median home value	$135,100	$101,500
Median gross rent	$993	$700
Housing units	234	149
Homeownership rate	63.1%	82.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.4%	14.7%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Naplate	Ransom
Population	480 → 461 (-4.0%)	414 → 312 (-24.6%)
Median household income	$42,344 → $67,589 (+59.6%)	$71,250 → $69,250 (-2.8%)
Median home value	$91,400 → $135,100 (+47.8%)	$91,400 → $101,500 (+11.1%)
Median gross rent	$853 → $993 (+16.4%)	$804 → $700 (-12.9%)

Naplate

Population

480461

Median household income

$42,344$67,589

Median home value

$91,400$135,100

Median gross rent

$853$993

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)

	Naplate	Ransom
Under 5	0.9%	5.8%
5 to 17	11.1%	16.7%
18 to 24	7.8%	9.9%
25 to 34	6.1%	17.3%
35 to 44	15.4%	11.5%
45 to 54	12.1%	12.2%
55 to 64	25.4%	11.2%
65 to 74	12.1%	11.2%
75 and over	9.1%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Naplate	Ransom
White (non-Hispanic)	77.7%	86.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	8.0%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	14.3%	10.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Naplate	Ransom
No high school diploma	18.1%	3.3%
High school graduate	29.2%	47.4%
Some college or associate's	47.3%	34.6%
Bachelor's degree	3.8%	5.7%
Graduate or professional degree	1.6%	9.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Naplate	Ransom
Drove alone	89.3%	90.1%
Carpooled	2.3%	2.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.8%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.6%	4.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Naplate	Ransom
1-unit, detached	81.6%	90.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	15.8%	7.4%
5 to 19 units	0.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	2.1%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Naplate	Ransom
Poverty rate	17.6%	14.7%
Average household size	2.05	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	17	33
Median year structure built	1951	1948