Anchor vs Towanda

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

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

Towanda has the higher population (356 vs 243 in Anchor). Towanda has the higher median household income ($78,611 vs $70,536 in Anchor). Towanda has the higher median home value ($158,200 vs $93,700 in Anchor).

Population, income & housing

	Anchor	Towanda
Population	243	356
Median age	32.6 yrs	45.5 yrs
Median household income	$70,536	$78,611
Median home value	$93,700	$158,200
Median gross rent	—	$942
Housing units	92	178
Homeownership rate	93.8%	87.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.2%	28.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Anchor	Towanda
Population	184 → 243 (+32.1%)	436 → 356 (-18.3%)
Median household income	$60,500 → $70,536 (+16.6%)	$62,917 → $78,611 (+24.9%)
Median home value	$85,000 → $93,700 (+10.2%)	$137,200 → $158,200 (+15.3%)
Median gross rent	$910 → $1,050 (+15.4%)	$721 → $942 (+30.7%)

Anchor

Population

184243

Median household income

$60,500$70,536

Median home value

$85,000$93,700

Median gross rent

$910$1,050

Towanda

Population

436356

Median household income

$62,917$78,611

Median home value

$137,200$158,200

Median gross rent

$721$942

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Anchor	Towanda
Under 5	4.5%	5.9%
5 to 17	32.1%	10.4%
18 to 24	3.7%	11.5%
25 to 34	18.1%	10.4%
35 to 44	7.0%	11.8%
45 to 54	4.5%	15.7%
55 to 64	13.2%	14.6%
65 to 74	10.7%	9.3%
75 and over	6.2%	10.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Anchor	Towanda
White (non-Hispanic)	83.1%	98.9%
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%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Anchor	Towanda
No high school diploma	5.5%	4.3%
High school graduate	65.5%	38.9%
Some college or associate's	22.8%	28.0%
Bachelor's degree	6.2%	24.9%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	3.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Anchor	Towanda
Drove alone	73.7%	79.1%
Carpooled	7.4%	7.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.1%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.7%	9.2%
Other means	2.1%	3.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Anchor	Towanda
1-unit, detached	94.6%	86.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	5.6%
2 to 4 units	5.4%	6.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Anchor	Towanda
Poverty rate	12.4%	11.8%
Average household size	3.04	2.09
Mean commute (minutes)	24	22
Median year structure built	1956	1954