Cornell vs Flanagan

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

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

Flanagan has the higher population (864 vs 419 in Cornell). Flanagan has the higher median household income ($75,104 vs $64,286 in Cornell). Flanagan has the higher median home value ($103,900 vs $83,800 in Cornell).

Population, income & housing

	Cornell	Flanagan
Population	419	864
Median age	34.8 yrs	49.2 yrs
Median household income	$64,286	$75,104
Median home value	$83,800	$103,900
Median gross rent	$871	$839
Housing units	201	459
Homeownership rate	74.4%	82.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.7%	20.4%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cornell	Flanagan
Population	487 → 419 (-14.0%)	1,011 → 864 (-14.5%)
Median household income	$47,708 → $64,286 (+34.7%)	$58,000 → $75,104 (+29.5%)
Median home value	$75,200 → $83,800 (+11.4%)	$94,600 → $103,900 (+9.8%)
Median gross rent	$908 → $871 (-4.1%)	$761 → $839 (+10.2%)

Cornell

Population

487419

Median household income

$47,708$64,286

Median home value

$75,200$83,800

Median gross rent

$908$871

Flanagan

Population

1,011864

Median household income

$58,000$75,104

Median home value

$94,600$103,900

Median gross rent

$761$839

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cornell	Flanagan
Under 5	10.7%	3.9%
5 to 17	13.1%	18.5%
18 to 24	11.7%	3.2%
25 to 34	14.6%	10.9%
35 to 44	13.6%	11.0%
45 to 54	9.1%	6.8%
55 to 64	11.5%	10.8%
65 to 74	9.8%	17.7%
75 and over	6.0%	17.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cornell	Flanagan
White (non-Hispanic)	93.1%	96.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.1%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.8%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cornell	Flanagan
No high school diploma	4.8%	3.4%
High school graduate	43.3%	50.8%
Some college or associate's	35.2%	25.4%
Bachelor's degree	14.4%	15.6%
Graduate or professional degree	2.2%	4.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cornell	Flanagan
Drove alone	70.6%	71.5%
Carpooled	10.2%	7.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.3%	20.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cornell	Flanagan
1-unit, detached	88.6%	80.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	14.2%
2 to 4 units	6.0%	5.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Cornell	Flanagan
Poverty rate	20.1%	10.7%
Average household size	2.49	2.12
Mean commute (minutes)	20	20
Median year structure built	1950	1950