Anchor vs Cooksville

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

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

Anchor has the higher population (243 vs 191 in Cooksville). Anchor has the higher median household income ($70,536 vs $55,000 in Cooksville). Cooksville has the higher median home value ($107,800 vs $93,700 in Anchor).

Population, income & housing

	Anchor	Cooksville
Population	243	191
Median age	32.6 yrs	36.8 yrs
Median household income	$70,536	$55,000
Median home value	$93,700	$107,800
Median gross rent	—	$825
Housing units	92	82
Homeownership rate	93.8%	65.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.2%	14.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Anchor	Cooksville
Population	184 → 243 (+32.1%)	164 → 191 (+16.5%)
Median household income	$60,500 → $70,536 (+16.6%)	$66,250 → $55,000 (-17.0%)
Median home value	$85,000 → $93,700 (+10.2%)	$93,500 → $107,800 (+15.3%)
Median gross rent	$910 → $1,050 (+15.4%)	$750 → $825 (+10.0%)

Anchor

Population

184243

Median household income

$60,500$70,536

Median home value

$85,000$93,700

Median gross rent

$910$1,050

Cooksville

Population

164191

Median household income

$66,250$55,000

Median home value

$93,500$107,800

Median gross rent

$750$825

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Anchor	Cooksville
Under 5	4.5%	7.3%
5 to 17	32.1%	17.3%
18 to 24	3.7%	7.9%
25 to 34	18.1%	13.1%
35 to 44	7.0%	5.8%
45 to 54	4.5%	15.7%
55 to 64	13.2%	20.4%
65 to 74	10.7%	11.0%
75 and over	6.2%	1.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Anchor	Cooksville
White (non-Hispanic)	83.1%	93.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.7%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Anchor	Cooksville
No high school diploma	5.5%	12.4%
High school graduate	65.5%	31.8%
Some college or associate's	22.8%	41.9%
Bachelor's degree	6.2%	7.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	7.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Anchor	Cooksville
Drove alone	73.7%	79.8%
Carpooled	7.4%	17.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.7%	2.0%
Other means	2.1%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Anchor	Cooksville
1-unit, detached	94.6%	90.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	9.8%

Poverty & households

	Anchor	Cooksville
Poverty rate	12.4%	34.6%
Average household size	3.04	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	24	29
Median year structure built	1956	1950