Anchor vs Ellsworth

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

Anchor and Ellsworth 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 229 in Ellsworth). Ellsworth has the higher median household income ($73,438 vs $70,536 in Anchor). Ellsworth has the higher median home value ($123,500 vs $93,700 in Anchor).

Population, income & housing

	Anchor	Ellsworth
Population	243	229
Median age	32.6 yrs	36.2 yrs
Median household income	$70,536	$73,438
Median home value	$93,700	$123,500
Median gross rent	—	$917
Housing units	92	100
Homeownership rate	93.8%	80.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.2%	10.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Anchor	Ellsworth
Population	184 → 243 (+32.1%)	270 → 229 (-15.2%)
Median household income	$60,500 → $70,536 (+16.6%)	$38,125 → $73,438 (+92.6%)
Median home value	$85,000 → $93,700 (+10.2%)	$106,300 → $123,500 (+16.2%)
Median gross rent	$910 → $1,050 (+15.4%)	$765 → $917 (+19.9%)

Anchor

Population

184243

Median household income

$60,500$70,536

Median home value

$85,000$93,700

Median gross rent

$910$1,050

Ellsworth

Population

270229

Median household income

$38,125$73,438

Median home value

$106,300$123,500

Median gross rent

$765$917

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Anchor	Ellsworth
Under 5	4.5%	10.5%
5 to 17	32.1%	14.8%
18 to 24	3.7%	7.4%
25 to 34	18.1%	15.3%
35 to 44	7.0%	13.1%
45 to 54	4.5%	10.9%
55 to 64	13.2%	15.3%
65 to 74	10.7%	6.1%
75 and over	6.2%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Anchor	Ellsworth
White (non-Hispanic)	83.1%	99.1%
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%	0.0%
Two or more races	16.5%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Anchor	Ellsworth
No high school diploma	5.5%	8.4%
High school graduate	65.5%	49.4%
Some college or associate's	22.8%	31.8%
Bachelor's degree	6.2%	8.4%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	1.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Anchor	Ellsworth
Drove alone	73.7%	94.3%
Carpooled	7.4%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.1%	2.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.7%	2.9%
Other means	2.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Anchor	Ellsworth
1-unit, detached	94.6%	95.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.4%	5.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Anchor	Ellsworth
Poverty rate	12.4%	25.8%
Average household size	3.04	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	24	35
Median year structure built	1956	1938