Ransom vs Troy Grove

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

Ransom and Troy Grove 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 269 in Troy Grove). Troy Grove has the higher median household income ($81,838 vs $69,250 in Ransom). Troy Grove has the higher median home value ($186,300 vs $101,500 in Ransom).

Population, income & housing

	Ransom	Troy Grove
Population	312	269
Median age	35.5 yrs	30.1 yrs
Median household income	$69,250	$81,838
Median home value	$101,500	$186,300
Median gross rent	$700	$792
Housing units	149	92
Homeownership rate	82.5%	87.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.7%	21.3%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ransom	Troy Grove
Population	414 → 312 (-24.6%)	231 → 269 (+16.5%)
Median household income	$71,250 → $69,250 (-2.8%)	$63,750 → $81,838 (+28.4%)
Median home value	$91,400 → $101,500 (+11.1%)	$141,700 → $186,300 (+31.5%)
Median gross rent	$804 → $700 (-12.9%)	$655 → $792 (+20.9%)

Ransom

Population

414312

Median household income

$71,250$69,250

Median home value

$91,400$101,500

Median gross rent

$804$700

Troy Grove

Population

231269

Median household income

$63,750$81,838

Median home value

$141,700$186,300

Median gross rent

$655$792

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ransom	Troy Grove
Under 5	5.8%	7.1%
5 to 17	16.7%	20.8%
18 to 24	9.9%	16.4%
25 to 34	17.3%	10.4%
35 to 44	11.5%	17.8%
45 to 54	12.2%	10.0%
55 to 64	11.2%	7.1%
65 to 74	11.2%	5.9%
75 and over	4.2%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ransom	Troy Grove
White (non-Hispanic)	86.9%	69.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	10.6%	30.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ransom	Troy Grove
No high school diploma	3.3%	14.7%
High school graduate	47.4%	38.0%
Some college or associate's	34.6%	26.0%
Bachelor's degree	5.7%	20.7%
Graduate or professional degree	9.0%	0.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ransom	Troy Grove
Drove alone	90.1%	96.7%
Carpooled	2.9%	1.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.3%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.7%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ransom	Troy Grove
1-unit, detached	90.6%	90.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.4%	6.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	3.3%

Poverty & households

	Ransom	Troy Grove
Poverty rate	14.7%	34.8%
Average household size	2.48	3.32
Mean commute (minutes)	33	23
Median year structure built	1948	1973