Elkhart vs Latham

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

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

Elkhart has the higher population (442 vs 322 in Latham). Elkhart has the higher median household income ($98,750 vs $76,667 in Latham). Elkhart has the higher median home value ($123,200 vs $79,000 in Latham).

Population, income & housing

	Elkhart	Latham
Population	442	322
Median age	45.3 yrs	47.6 yrs
Median household income	$98,750	$76,667
Median home value	$123,200	$79,000
Median gross rent	$768	$936
Housing units	216	161
Homeownership rate	78.4%	88.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.6%	20.5%
Unemployment rate	1.3%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elkhart	Latham
Population	482 → 442 (-8.3%)	409 → 322 (-21.3%)
Median household income	$68,250 → $98,750 (+44.7%)	$53,963 → $76,667 (+42.1%)
Median home value	$110,200 → $123,200 (+11.8%)	$91,300 → $79,000 (-13.5%)
Median gross rent	$700 → $768 (+9.7%)	$488 → $936 (+91.8%)

Elkhart

Population

482442

Median household income

$68,250$98,750

Median home value

$110,200$123,200

Median gross rent

$700$768

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)

	Elkhart	Latham
Under 5	4.8%	4.7%
5 to 17	18.8%	13.7%
18 to 24	2.5%	9.0%
25 to 34	8.8%	7.5%
35 to 44	13.6%	8.4%
45 to 54	18.8%	23.6%
55 to 64	13.8%	13.4%
65 to 74	12.2%	14.6%
75 and over	6.8%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elkhart	Latham
White (non-Hispanic)	89.4%	82.6%
Black or African American	0.2%	2.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.8%	14.0%
Hispanic or Latino	5.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elkhart	Latham
No high school diploma	3.1%	9.8%
High school graduate	30.0%	28.6%
Some college or associate's	40.4%	41.0%
Bachelor's degree	14.1%	15.8%
Graduate or professional degree	12.5%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elkhart	Latham
Drove alone	79.9%	81.0%
Carpooled	8.7%	15.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.0%	2.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elkhart	Latham
1-unit, detached	96.8%	90.1%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	5.6%
2 to 4 units	0.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Elkhart	Latham
Poverty rate	3.6%	8.7%
Average household size	2.22	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	24	26
Median year structure built	1957	1943