Amboy vs Steward

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

Amboy and Steward 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 268 in Steward). Steward has the higher median household income ($108,333 vs $76,667 in Amboy). Steward has the higher median home value ($151,000 vs $132,600 in Amboy).

Population, income & housing

	Amboy	Steward
Population	2,396	268
Median age	48.2 yrs	43.5 yrs
Median household income	$76,667	$108,333
Median home value	$132,600	$151,000
Median gross rent	$880	$1,281
Housing units	1,120	97
Homeownership rate	73.9%	91.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.4%	34.0%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Amboy	Steward
Population	2,421 → 2,396 (-1.0%)	307 → 268 (-12.7%)
Median household income	$52,330 → $76,667 (+46.5%)	$64,000 → $108,333 (+69.3%)
Median home value	$86,700 → $132,600 (+52.9%)	$100,000 → $151,000 (+51.0%)
Median gross rent	$737 → $880 (+19.4%)	$740 → $1,281 (+73.1%)

Amboy

Population

2,4212,396

Median household income

$52,330$76,667

Median home value

$86,700$132,600

Median gross rent

$737$880

Steward

Population

307268

Median household income

$64,000$108,333

Median home value

$100,000$151,000

Median gross rent

$740$1,281

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Amboy	Steward
Under 5	6.1%	5.2%
5 to 17	11.8%	13.8%
18 to 24	6.1%	8.6%
25 to 34	12.5%	12.7%
35 to 44	10.6%	10.4%
45 to 54	18.1%	10.4%
55 to 64	13.7%	24.3%
65 to 74	14.0%	9.0%
75 and over	7.1%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Amboy	Steward
White (non-Hispanic)	94.5%	89.9%
Black or African American	0.3%	2.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	6.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Amboy	Steward
No high school diploma	8.8%	6.7%
High school graduate	47.2%	26.3%
Some college or associate's	33.6%	33.0%
Bachelor's degree	9.1%	23.2%
Graduate or professional degree	1.4%	10.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Amboy	Steward
Drove alone	93.4%	86.4%
Carpooled	3.0%	8.3%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	4.1%
Bicycle	1.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.3%	0.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Amboy	Steward
1-unit, detached	78.7%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Amboy	Steward
Poverty rate	8.5%	1.9%
Average household size	2.40	2.98
Mean commute (minutes)	28	28
Median year structure built	1953	1938