Anchor vs Arrowsmith

A side-by-side comparison of Anchor and Arrowsmith: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Arrowsmith has the higher population (381 vs 243 in Anchor). Arrowsmith has the higher median household income ($85,592 vs $70,536 in Anchor). Arrowsmith has the higher median home value ($101,200 vs $93,700 in Anchor).

Population, income & housing

	Anchor	Arrowsmith
Population	243	381
Median age	32.6 yrs	34.7 yrs
Median household income	$70,536	$85,592
Median home value	$93,700	$101,200
Median gross rent	—	$1,042
Housing units	92	139
Homeownership rate	93.8%	85.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.2%	26.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	13.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Anchor	Arrowsmith
Population	184 → 243 (+32.1%)	332 → 381 (+14.8%)
Median household income	$60,500 → $70,536 (+16.6%)	$55,625 → $85,592 (+53.9%)
Median home value	$85,000 → $93,700 (+10.2%)	$90,500 → $101,200 (+11.8%)
Median gross rent	$910 → $1,050 (+15.4%)	$1,083 → $1,042 (-3.8%)

Anchor

Population

184243

Median household income

$60,500$70,536

Median home value

$85,000$93,700

Median gross rent

$910$1,050

Arrowsmith

Population

332381

Median household income

$55,625$85,592

Median home value

$90,500$101,200

Median gross rent

$1,083$1,042

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Anchor	Arrowsmith
Under 5	4.5%	3.9%
5 to 17	32.1%	29.4%
18 to 24	3.7%	4.2%
25 to 34	18.1%	13.1%
35 to 44	7.0%	15.7%
45 to 54	4.5%	9.4%
55 to 64	13.2%	6.0%
65 to 74	10.7%	14.7%
75 and over	6.2%	3.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Anchor	Arrowsmith
White (non-Hispanic)	83.1%	80.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	11.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	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	16.5%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	6.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Anchor	Arrowsmith
No high school diploma	5.5%	2.5%
High school graduate	65.5%	54.2%
Some college or associate's	22.8%	17.2%
Bachelor's degree	6.2%	23.9%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	2.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Anchor	Arrowsmith
Drove alone	73.7%	87.8%
Carpooled	7.4%	5.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.7%	6.5%
Other means	2.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Anchor	Arrowsmith
1-unit, detached	94.6%	79.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	16.5%
2 to 4 units	5.4%	3.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Anchor	Arrowsmith
Poverty rate	12.4%	40.3%
Average household size	3.04	2.95
Mean commute (minutes)	24	29
Median year structure built	1956	1956