Amboy vs Franklin Grove

A side-by-side comparison of Amboy and Franklin Grove: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Amboy has the higher population (2,396 vs 1,086 in Franklin Grove). Amboy has the higher median household income ($76,667 vs $60,833 in Franklin Grove). Franklin Grove has the higher median home value ($136,800 vs $132,600 in Amboy).

Population, income & housing

	Amboy	Franklin Grove
Population	2,396	1,086
Median age	48.2 yrs	41.5 yrs
Median household income	$76,667	$60,833
Median home value	$132,600	$136,800
Median gross rent	$880	$850
Housing units	1,120	424
Homeownership rate	73.9%	66.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.4%	19.1%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Amboy	Franklin Grove
Population	2,421 → 2,396 (-1.0%)	990 → 1,086 (+9.7%)
Median household income	$52,330 → $76,667 (+46.5%)	$48,177 → $60,833 (+26.3%)
Median home value	$86,700 → $132,600 (+52.9%)	$88,100 → $136,800 (+55.3%)
Median gross rent	$737 → $880 (+19.4%)	$848 → $850 (+0.2%)

Amboy

Population

2,4212,396

Median household income

$52,330$76,667

Median home value

$86,700$132,600

Median gross rent

$737$880

Franklin Grove

Population

9901,086

Median household income

$48,177$60,833

Median home value

$88,100$136,800

Median gross rent

$848$850

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Amboy	Franklin Grove
Under 5	6.1%	2.8%
5 to 17	11.8%	22.1%
18 to 24	6.1%	10.1%
25 to 34	12.5%	8.1%
35 to 44	10.6%	10.2%
45 to 54	18.1%	9.9%
55 to 64	13.7%	9.0%
65 to 74	14.0%	13.4%
75 and over	7.1%	14.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Amboy	Franklin Grove
White (non-Hispanic)	94.5%	82.2%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	12.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Amboy	Franklin Grove
No high school diploma	8.8%	9.1%
High school graduate	47.2%	43.5%
Some college or associate's	33.6%	28.3%
Bachelor's degree	9.1%	15.6%
Graduate or professional degree	1.4%	3.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Amboy	Franklin Grove
Drove alone	93.4%	87.0%
Carpooled	3.0%	3.0%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.3%	3.4%
Other means	0.0%	6.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Amboy	Franklin Grove
1-unit, detached	78.7%	75.7%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	11.4%	9.7%
5 to 19 units	3.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	14.2%
Mobile home & other	5.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Amboy	Franklin Grove
Poverty rate	8.5%	11.3%
Average household size	2.40	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	28	29
Median year structure built	1953	1948