Anchor vs Stanford

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

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

Stanford has the higher population (469 vs 243 in Anchor). Stanford has the higher median household income ($83,173 vs $70,536 in Anchor). Stanford has the higher median home value ($101,800 vs $93,700 in Anchor).

Population, income & housing

	Anchor	Stanford
Population	243	469
Median age	32.6 yrs	32.3 yrs
Median household income	$70,536	$83,173
Median home value	$93,700	$101,800
Median gross rent	—	$1,375
Housing units	92	251
Homeownership rate	93.8%	90.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.2%	11.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	7.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Anchor	Stanford
Population	184 → 243 (+32.1%)	669 → 469 (-29.9%)
Median household income	$60,500 → $70,536 (+16.6%)	$52,750 → $83,173 (+57.7%)
Median home value	$85,000 → $93,700 (+10.2%)	$87,800 → $101,800 (+15.9%)
Median gross rent	$910 → $1,050 (+15.4%)	$813 → $1,375 (+69.1%)

Anchor

Population

184243

Median household income

$60,500$70,536

Median home value

$85,000$93,700

Median gross rent

$910$1,050

Stanford

Population

669469

Median household income

$52,750$83,173

Median home value

$87,800$101,800

Median gross rent

$813$1,375

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Anchor	Stanford
Under 5	4.5%	4.7%
5 to 17	32.1%	19.2%
18 to 24	3.7%	8.5%
25 to 34	18.1%	19.8%
35 to 44	7.0%	11.1%
45 to 54	4.5%	11.3%
55 to 64	13.2%	16.2%
65 to 74	10.7%	4.5%
75 and over	6.2%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Anchor	Stanford
White (non-Hispanic)	83.1%	94.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.2%
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%	5.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Anchor	Stanford
No high school diploma	5.5%	6.6%
High school graduate	65.5%	42.9%
Some college or associate's	22.8%	39.4%
Bachelor's degree	6.2%	6.9%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	4.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Anchor	Stanford
Drove alone	73.7%	77.0%
Carpooled	7.4%	4.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.1%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.8%
Worked from home	14.7%	7.8%
Other means	2.1%	8.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Anchor	Stanford
1-unit, detached	94.6%	86.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	7.2%
2 to 4 units	5.4%	2.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	4.0%

Poverty & households

	Anchor	Stanford
Poverty rate	12.4%	9.4%
Average household size	3.04	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	24	20
Median year structure built	1956	1945