Hopewell vs Sparland

A side-by-side comparison of Hopewell and Sparland: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Hopewell has the higher population (538 vs 375 in Sparland). Hopewell has the higher median household income ($105,000 vs $45,278 in Sparland). Hopewell has the higher median home value ($185,700 vs $82,800 in Sparland).

Population, income & housing

	Hopewell	Sparland
Population	538	375
Median age	46.1 yrs	35.4 yrs
Median household income	$105,000	$45,278
Median home value	$185,700	$82,800
Median gross rent	—	$950
Housing units	201	197
Homeownership rate	100.0%	85.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.8%	14.2%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	8.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hopewell	Sparland
Population	397 → 538 (+35.5%)	399 → 375 (-6.0%)
Median household income	$84,375 → $105,000 (+24.4%)	$47,019 → $45,278 (-3.7%)
Median home value	$160,000 → $185,700 (+16.1%)	$83,500 → $82,800 (-0.8%)
Median gross rent	—	$693 → $950 (+37.1%)

Hopewell

Population

397538

Median household income

$84,375$105,000

Median home value

$160,000$185,700

Sparland

Population

399375

Median household income

$47,019$45,278

Median home value

$83,500$82,800

Median gross rent

$693$950

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hopewell	Sparland
Under 5	4.3%	8.0%
5 to 17	21.2%	21.1%
18 to 24	2.8%	3.5%
25 to 34	8.9%	15.2%
35 to 44	9.3%	6.9%
45 to 54	21.2%	14.9%
55 to 64	13.2%	14.4%
65 to 74	16.0%	8.5%
75 and over	3.2%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hopewell	Sparland
White (non-Hispanic)	97.6%	89.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.4%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	8.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hopewell	Sparland
No high school diploma	1.3%	9.5%
High school graduate	26.4%	34.4%
Some college or associate's	36.5%	41.9%
Bachelor's degree	24.6%	9.9%
Graduate or professional degree	11.1%	4.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hopewell	Sparland
Drove alone	89.1%	70.5%
Carpooled	1.9%	7.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	16.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.0%	5.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hopewell	Sparland
1-unit, detached	99.5%	97.5%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.5%

Poverty & households

	Hopewell	Sparland
Poverty rate	2.8%	21.9%
Average household size	2.74	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	32	24
Median year structure built	1979	1955