Atlanta vs Elkhart

A side-by-side comparison of Atlanta and Elkhart: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Atlanta has the higher population (1,738 vs 442 in Elkhart). Elkhart has the higher median household income ($98,750 vs $64,091 in Atlanta). Atlanta has the higher median home value ($123,400 vs $123,200 in Elkhart).

Population, income & housing

	Atlanta	Elkhart
Population	1,738	442
Median age	37.7 yrs	45.3 yrs
Median household income	$64,091	$98,750
Median home value	$123,400	$123,200
Median gross rent	$823	$768
Housing units	796	216
Homeownership rate	82.3%	78.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.0%	26.6%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Atlanta	Elkhart
Population	2,063 → 1,738 (-15.8%)	482 → 442 (-8.3%)
Median household income	$50,859 → $64,091 (+26.0%)	$68,250 → $98,750 (+44.7%)
Median home value	$95,300 → $123,400 (+29.5%)	$110,200 → $123,200 (+11.8%)
Median gross rent	$745 → $823 (+10.5%)	$700 → $768 (+9.7%)

Atlanta

Population

2,0631,738

Median household income

$50,859$64,091

Median home value

$95,300$123,400

Median gross rent

$745$823

Elkhart

Population

482442

Median household income

$68,250$98,750

Median home value

$110,200$123,200

Median gross rent

$700$768

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Atlanta	Elkhart
Under 5	8.2%	4.8%
5 to 17	16.1%	18.8%
18 to 24	9.8%	2.5%
25 to 34	8.5%	8.8%
35 to 44	18.2%	13.6%
45 to 54	11.3%	18.8%
55 to 64	9.6%	13.8%
65 to 74	11.0%	12.2%
75 and over	7.4%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Atlanta	Elkhart
White (non-Hispanic)	96.0%	89.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	1.0%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	5.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Atlanta	Elkhart
No high school diploma	5.1%	3.1%
High school graduate	43.4%	30.0%
Some college or associate's	36.5%	40.4%
Bachelor's degree	12.9%	14.1%
Graduate or professional degree	2.1%	12.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Atlanta	Elkhart
Drove alone	78.3%	79.9%
Carpooled	5.3%	8.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.5%	10.0%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Atlanta	Elkhart
1-unit, detached	87.7%	96.8%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	8.0%	0.9%
5 to 19 units	1.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Atlanta	Elkhart
Poverty rate	13.1%	3.6%
Average household size	2.28	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	27	24
Median year structure built	1960	1957