Elwin vs Niantic

A side-by-side comparison of Elwin and Niantic: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Niantic has the higher population (734 vs 33 in Elwin). Elwin has the higher median home value ($114,100 vs $111,700 in Niantic). Since 2019, Niantic's population has grown faster (+27.9% vs -76.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Elwin	Niantic
Population	33	734
Median age	25.8 yrs	31.7 yrs
Median household income	—	$64,009
Median home value	$114,100	$111,700
Median gross rent	—	$1,000
Housing units	23	263
Homeownership rate	100.0%	87.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.8%	10.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	11.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elwin	Niantic
Population	143 → 33 (-76.9%)	574 → 734 (+27.9%)
Median household income	—	$56,111 → $64,009 (+14.1%)
Median home value	$95,600 → $114,100 (+19.4%)	$84,000 → $111,700 (+33.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$575 → $1,000 (+73.9%)

Elwin

Population

14333

Median home value

$95,600$114,100

Niantic

Population

574734

Median household income

$56,111$64,009

Median home value

$84,000$111,700

Median gross rent

$575$1,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elwin	Niantic
Under 5	0.0%	17.4%
5 to 17	0.0%	19.9%
18 to 24	30.3%	6.9%
25 to 34	24.2%	12.0%
35 to 44	0.0%	16.3%
45 to 54	0.0%	9.5%
55 to 64	0.0%	6.5%
65 to 74	24.2%	8.2%
75 and over	21.2%	3.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elwin	Niantic
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	81.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	9.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	9.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elwin	Niantic
No high school diploma	0.0%	10.5%
High school graduate	30.4%	43.0%
Some college or associate's	34.8%	36.4%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	5.1%
Graduate or professional degree	34.8%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elwin	Niantic
Drove alone	100.0%	78.5%
Carpooled	0.0%	16.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	4.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elwin	Niantic
1-unit, detached	100.0%	90.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.7%

Poverty & households

	Elwin	Niantic
Poverty rate	0.0%	7.1%
Average household size	1.43	3.23
Mean commute (minutes)	—	25
Median year structure built	1972	1945