Atlanta vs Emden

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

Atlanta and Emden 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 374 in Emden). Emden has the higher median household income ($68,875 vs $64,091 in Atlanta). Atlanta has the higher median home value ($123,400 vs $111,300 in Emden).

Population, income & housing

	Atlanta	Emden
Population	1,738	374
Median age	37.7 yrs	35.9 yrs
Median household income	$64,091	$68,875
Median home value	$123,400	$111,300
Median gross rent	$823	$850
Housing units	796	190
Homeownership rate	82.3%	69.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.0%	22.6%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Atlanta	Emden
Population	2,063 → 1,738 (-15.8%)	468 → 374 (-20.1%)
Median household income	$50,859 → $64,091 (+26.0%)	$56,346 → $68,875 (+22.2%)
Median home value	$95,300 → $123,400 (+29.5%)	$96,500 → $111,300 (+15.3%)
Median gross rent	$745 → $823 (+10.5%)	$700 → $850 (+21.4%)

Atlanta

Population

2,0631,738

Median household income

$50,859$64,091

Median home value

$95,300$123,400

Median gross rent

$745$823

Emden

Population

468374

Median household income

$56,346$68,875

Median home value

$96,500$111,300

Median gross rent

$700$850

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Atlanta	Emden
Under 5	8.2%	8.8%
5 to 17	16.1%	9.9%
18 to 24	9.8%	9.1%
25 to 34	8.5%	18.7%
35 to 44	18.2%	6.1%
45 to 54	11.3%	13.9%
55 to 64	9.6%	11.8%
65 to 74	11.0%	12.6%
75 and over	7.4%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Atlanta	Emden
White (non-Hispanic)	96.0%	92.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.9%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.0%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	3.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Atlanta	Emden
No high school diploma	5.1%	3.3%
High school graduate	43.4%	38.1%
Some college or associate's	36.5%	35.9%
Bachelor's degree	12.9%	19.6%
Graduate or professional degree	2.1%	3.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Atlanta	Emden
Drove alone	78.3%	84.7%
Carpooled	5.3%	10.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.5%	2.8%
Other means	0.5%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Atlanta	Emden
1-unit, detached	87.7%	88.4%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	7.9%
2 to 4 units	8.0%	3.7%
5 to 19 units	1.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Atlanta	Emden
Poverty rate	13.1%	6.4%
Average household size	2.28	1.98
Mean commute (minutes)	27	27
Median year structure built	1960	1958