Harvard vs Spring Grove

A side-by-side comparison of Harvard and Spring Grove: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Harvard has the higher population (9,875 vs 5,866 in Spring Grove). Spring Grove has the higher median household income ($133,224 vs $71,418 in Harvard). Spring Grove has the higher median home value ($371,200 vs $174,000 in Harvard).

Population, income & housing

	Harvard	Spring Grove
Population	9,875	5,866
Median age	30.5 yrs	38.9 yrs
Median household income	$71,418	$133,224
Median home value	$174,000	$371,200
Median gross rent	$1,184	—
Housing units	3,443	1,867
Homeownership rate	61.1%	97.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.2%	41.8%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	8.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Harvard	Spring Grove
Population	9,281 → 9,875 (+6.4%)	5,614 → 5,866 (+4.5%)
Median household income	$53,362 → $71,418 (+33.8%)	$123,150 → $133,224 (+8.2%)
Median home value	$124,800 → $174,000 (+39.4%)	$302,700 → $371,200 (+22.6%)
Median gross rent	$966 → $1,184 (+22.6%)	$2,101 → $2,226 (+5.9%)

Harvard

Population

9,2819,875

Median household income

$53,362$71,418

Median home value

$124,800$174,000

Median gross rent

$966$1,184

Spring Grove

Population

5,6145,866

Median household income

$123,150$133,224

Median home value

$302,700$371,200

Median gross rent

$2,101$2,226

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Harvard	Spring Grove
Under 5	7.3%	7.7%
5 to 17	24.8%	18.2%
18 to 24	9.5%	6.7%
25 to 34	14.7%	11.8%
35 to 44	13.2%	11.1%
45 to 54	12.6%	14.0%
55 to 64	8.0%	17.8%
65 to 74	7.7%	8.5%
75 and over	2.1%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Harvard	Spring Grove
White (non-Hispanic)	42.6%	80.8%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.6%	10.1%
Hispanic or Latino	53.9%	7.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Harvard	Spring Grove
No high school diploma	18.9%	1.7%
High school graduate	36.7%	21.2%
Some college or associate's	25.1%	35.3%
Bachelor's degree	16.4%	30.3%
Graduate or professional degree	2.8%	11.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Harvard	Spring Grove
Drove alone	76.1%	74.2%
Carpooled	13.2%	2.4%
Public transit	0.3%	2.6%
Walked	5.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.1%	19.5%
Other means	0.2%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Harvard	Spring Grove
1-unit, detached	63.6%	97.4%
1-unit, attached	12.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	13.8%	2.2%
5 to 19 units	5.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Harvard	Spring Grove
Poverty rate	11.5%	1.0%
Average household size	3.04	3.14
Mean commute (minutes)	27	33
Median year structure built	1980	1997