Emington vs Long Point

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

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

Long Point has the higher population (228 vs 90 in Emington). Emington has the higher median household income ($90,313 vs $46,786 in Long Point). Long Point has the higher median home value ($84,200 vs $75,800 in Emington).

Population, income & housing

	Emington	Long Point
Population	90	228
Median age	37.5 yrs	38.8 yrs
Median household income	$90,313	$46,786
Median home value	$75,800	$84,200
Housing units	37	86
Homeownership rate	94.6%	93.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.9%	6.7%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Emington	Long Point
Population	94 → 90 (-4.3%)	285 → 228 (-20.0%)
Median household income	$50,250 → $90,313 (+79.7%)	$59,583 → $46,786 (-21.5%)
Median home value	$58,800 → $75,800 (+28.9%)	$68,600 → $84,200 (+22.7%)
Median gross rent	$500 → $688 (+37.6%)	—

Emington

Population

9490

Median household income

$50,250$90,313

Median home value

$58,800$75,800

Median gross rent

$500$688

Long Point

Population

285228

Median household income

$59,583$46,786

Median home value

$68,600$84,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Emington	Long Point
Under 5	3.3%	3.5%
5 to 17	16.7%	20.6%
18 to 24	5.6%	10.1%
25 to 34	13.3%	3.9%
35 to 44	18.9%	25.4%
45 to 54	11.1%	7.5%
55 to 64	12.2%	15.8%
65 to 74	15.6%	7.0%
75 and over	3.3%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Emington	Long Point
White (non-Hispanic)	98.9%	95.2%
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	1.1%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Emington	Long Point
No high school diploma	0.0%	15.3%
High school graduate	56.7%	53.3%
Some college or associate's	25.4%	24.7%
Bachelor's degree	17.9%	5.3%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	1.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Emington	Long Point
Drove alone	95.0%	86.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	8.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.8%
Bicycle	5.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Emington	Long Point
1-unit, detached	97.3%	97.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.3%

Poverty & households

	Emington	Long Point
Poverty rate	1.1%	18.0%
Average household size	2.43	2.92
Mean commute (minutes)	38	31
Median year structure built	1938	1938