Atlanta vs Latham

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

Atlanta and Latham 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 322 in Latham). Latham has the higher median household income ($76,667 vs $64,091 in Atlanta). Atlanta has the higher median home value ($123,400 vs $79,000 in Latham).

Population, income & housing

	Atlanta	Latham
Population	1,738	322
Median age	37.7 yrs	47.6 yrs
Median household income	$64,091	$76,667
Median home value	$123,400	$79,000
Median gross rent	$823	$936
Housing units	796	161
Homeownership rate	82.3%	88.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.0%	20.5%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Atlanta	Latham
Population	2,063 → 1,738 (-15.8%)	409 → 322 (-21.3%)
Median household income	$50,859 → $64,091 (+26.0%)	$53,963 → $76,667 (+42.1%)
Median home value	$95,300 → $123,400 (+29.5%)	$91,300 → $79,000 (-13.5%)
Median gross rent	$745 → $823 (+10.5%)	$488 → $936 (+91.8%)

Atlanta

Population

2,0631,738

Median household income

$50,859$64,091

Median home value

$95,300$123,400

Median gross rent

$745$823

Latham

Population

409322

Median household income

$53,963$76,667

Median home value

$91,300$79,000

Median gross rent

$488$936

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Atlanta	Latham
Under 5	8.2%	4.7%
5 to 17	16.1%	13.7%
18 to 24	9.8%	9.0%
25 to 34	8.5%	7.5%
35 to 44	18.2%	8.4%
45 to 54	11.3%	23.6%
55 to 64	9.6%	13.4%
65 to 74	11.0%	14.6%
75 and over	7.4%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Atlanta	Latham
White (non-Hispanic)	96.0%	82.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.5%
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	1.0%	14.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Atlanta	Latham
No high school diploma	5.1%	9.8%
High school graduate	43.4%	28.6%
Some college or associate's	36.5%	41.0%
Bachelor's degree	12.9%	15.8%
Graduate or professional degree	2.1%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Atlanta	Latham
Drove alone	78.3%	81.0%
Carpooled	5.3%	15.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.5%	2.0%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Atlanta	Latham
1-unit, detached	87.7%	90.1%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	5.6%
2 to 4 units	8.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.5%	4.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Atlanta	Latham
Poverty rate	13.1%	8.7%
Average household size	2.28	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	27	26
Median year structure built	1960	1943