Cornell vs Emington

A side-by-side comparison of Cornell and Emington: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Cornell has the higher population (419 vs 90 in Emington). Emington has the higher median household income ($90,313 vs $64,286 in Cornell). Cornell has the higher median home value ($83,800 vs $75,800 in Emington).

Population, income & housing

	Cornell	Emington
Population	419	90
Median age	34.8 yrs	37.5 yrs
Median household income	$64,286	$90,313
Median home value	$83,800	$75,800
Median gross rent	$871	—
Housing units	201	37
Homeownership rate	74.4%	94.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.7%	17.9%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cornell	Emington
Population	487 → 419 (-14.0%)	94 → 90 (-4.3%)
Median household income	$47,708 → $64,286 (+34.7%)	$50,250 → $90,313 (+79.7%)
Median home value	$75,200 → $83,800 (+11.4%)	$58,800 → $75,800 (+28.9%)
Median gross rent	$908 → $871 (-4.1%)	$500 → $688 (+37.6%)

Cornell

Population

487419

Median household income

$47,708$64,286

Median home value

$75,200$83,800

Median gross rent

$908$871

Emington

Population

9490

Median household income

$50,250$90,313

Median home value

$58,800$75,800

Median gross rent

$500$688

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cornell	Emington
Under 5	10.7%	3.3%
5 to 17	13.1%	16.7%
18 to 24	11.7%	5.6%
25 to 34	14.6%	13.3%
35 to 44	13.6%	18.9%
45 to 54	9.1%	11.1%
55 to 64	11.5%	12.2%
65 to 74	9.8%	15.6%
75 and over	6.0%	3.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cornell	Emington
White (non-Hispanic)	93.1%	98.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.1%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	3.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cornell	Emington
No high school diploma	4.8%	0.0%
High school graduate	43.3%	56.7%
Some college or associate's	35.2%	25.4%
Bachelor's degree	14.4%	17.9%
Graduate or professional degree	2.2%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cornell	Emington
Drove alone	70.6%	95.0%
Carpooled	10.2%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.5%	5.0%
Worked from home	17.3%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cornell	Emington
1-unit, detached	88.6%	97.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Cornell	Emington
Poverty rate	20.1%	1.1%
Average household size	2.49	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	20	38
Median year structure built	1950	1938