Harristown vs Long Creek

A side-by-side comparison of Harristown and Long Creek: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Harristown has the higher population (1,526 vs 1,309 in Long Creek). Long Creek has the higher median household income ($83,214 vs $74,018 in Harristown). Long Creek has the higher median home value ($165,800 vs $116,700 in Harristown).

Population, income & housing

	Harristown	Long Creek
Population	1,526	1,309
Median age	39.4 yrs	49.6 yrs
Median household income	$74,018	$83,214
Median home value	$116,700	$165,800
Median gross rent	$825	$839
Housing units	577	549
Homeownership rate	86.9%	91.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.7%	17.1%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Harristown	Long Creek
Population	1,268 → 1,526 (+20.3%)	1,459 → 1,309 (-10.3%)
Median household income	$60,455 → $74,018 (+22.4%)	$84,896 → $83,214 (-2.0%)
Median home value	$92,600 → $116,700 (+26.0%)	$145,200 → $165,800 (+14.2%)
Median gross rent	$596 → $825 (+38.4%)	$717 → $839 (+17.0%)

Harristown

Population

1,2681,526

Median household income

$60,455$74,018

Median home value

$92,600$116,700

Median gross rent

$596$825

Long Creek

Population

1,4591,309

Median household income

$84,896$83,214

Median home value

$145,200$165,800

Median gross rent

$717$839

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Harristown	Long Creek
Under 5	5.2%	4.3%
5 to 17	22.3%	21.4%
18 to 24	4.9%	3.0%
25 to 34	13.7%	8.9%
35 to 44	8.7%	10.2%
45 to 54	11.9%	13.0%
55 to 64	12.4%	20.6%
65 to 74	13.6%	11.6%
75 and over	7.4%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Harristown	Long Creek
White (non-Hispanic)	95.1%	97.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	0.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Harristown	Long Creek
No high school diploma	4.7%	9.1%
High school graduate	42.5%	39.6%
Some college or associate's	36.0%	34.2%
Bachelor's degree	13.0%	13.3%
Graduate or professional degree	3.7%	3.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Harristown	Long Creek
Drove alone	85.8%	76.1%
Carpooled	7.8%	7.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	5.0%	12.5%
Other means	0.9%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Harristown	Long Creek
1-unit, detached	93.6%	94.9%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	2.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	3.1%

Poverty & households

	Harristown	Long Creek
Poverty rate	7.2%	4.0%
Average household size	2.69	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	21	18
Median year structure built	1962	1973