Anchor vs Bellflower

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

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

Bellflower has the higher population (410 vs 243 in Anchor). Bellflower has the higher median household income ($79,583 vs $70,536 in Anchor). Bellflower has the higher median home value ($117,600 vs $93,700 in Anchor).

Population, income & housing

	Anchor	Bellflower
Population	243	410
Median age	32.6 yrs	36.0 yrs
Median household income	$70,536	$79,583
Median home value	$93,700	$117,600
Median gross rent	—	$875
Housing units	92	156
Homeownership rate	93.8%	91.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.2%	16.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Anchor	Bellflower
Population	184 → 243 (+32.1%)	431 → 410 (-4.9%)
Median household income	$60,500 → $70,536 (+16.6%)	$55,250 → $79,583 (+44.0%)
Median home value	$85,000 → $93,700 (+10.2%)	$86,500 → $117,600 (+36.0%)
Median gross rent	$910 → $1,050 (+15.4%)	$783 → $875 (+11.7%)

Anchor

Population

184243

Median household income

$60,500$70,536

Median home value

$85,000$93,700

Median gross rent

$910$1,050

Bellflower

Population

431410

Median household income

$55,250$79,583

Median home value

$86,500$117,600

Median gross rent

$783$875

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Anchor	Bellflower
Under 5	4.5%	4.9%
5 to 17	32.1%	22.7%
18 to 24	3.7%	8.8%
25 to 34	18.1%	12.4%
35 to 44	7.0%	14.6%
45 to 54	4.5%	7.8%
55 to 64	13.2%	14.4%
65 to 74	10.7%	9.5%
75 and over	6.2%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Anchor	Bellflower
White (non-Hispanic)	83.1%	94.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
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%	3.4%
Two or more races	16.5%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Anchor	Bellflower
No high school diploma	5.5%	5.0%
High school graduate	65.5%	42.5%
Some college or associate's	22.8%	35.6%
Bachelor's degree	6.2%	13.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	3.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Anchor	Bellflower
Drove alone	73.7%	81.8%
Carpooled	7.4%	11.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.1%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.7%	4.7%
Other means	2.1%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Anchor	Bellflower
1-unit, detached	94.6%	85.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.4%	4.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	8.3%

Poverty & households

	Anchor	Bellflower
Poverty rate	12.4%	5.4%
Average household size	3.04	2.83
Mean commute (minutes)	24	30
Median year structure built	1956	1955