Cooksville vs Ellsworth

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

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

Ellsworth has the higher population (229 vs 191 in Cooksville). Ellsworth has the higher median household income ($73,438 vs $55,000 in Cooksville). Ellsworth has the higher median home value ($123,500 vs $107,800 in Cooksville).

Population, income & housing

	Cooksville	Ellsworth
Population	191	229
Median age	36.8 yrs	36.2 yrs
Median household income	$55,000	$73,438
Median home value	$107,800	$123,500
Median gross rent	$825	$917
Housing units	82	100
Homeownership rate	65.9%	80.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.0%	10.4%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cooksville	Ellsworth
Population	164 → 191 (+16.5%)	270 → 229 (-15.2%)
Median household income	$66,250 → $55,000 (-17.0%)	$38,125 → $73,438 (+92.6%)
Median home value	$93,500 → $107,800 (+15.3%)	$106,300 → $123,500 (+16.2%)
Median gross rent	$750 → $825 (+10.0%)	$765 → $917 (+19.9%)

Cooksville

Population

164191

Median household income

$66,250$55,000

Median home value

$93,500$107,800

Median gross rent

$750$825

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)

	Cooksville	Ellsworth
Under 5	7.3%	10.5%
5 to 17	17.3%	14.8%
18 to 24	7.9%	7.4%
25 to 34	13.1%	15.3%
35 to 44	5.8%	13.1%
45 to 54	15.7%	10.9%
55 to 64	20.4%	15.3%
65 to 74	11.0%	6.1%
75 and over	1.6%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cooksville	Ellsworth
White (non-Hispanic)	93.2%	99.1%
Black or African American	3.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	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	0.0%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	3.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cooksville	Ellsworth
No high school diploma	12.4%	8.4%
High school graduate	31.8%	49.4%
Some college or associate's	41.9%	31.8%
Bachelor's degree	7.0%	8.4%
Graduate or professional degree	7.0%	1.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cooksville	Ellsworth
Drove alone	79.8%	94.3%
Carpooled	17.2%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.0%	2.9%
Other means	1.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cooksville	Ellsworth
1-unit, detached	90.2%	95.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	5.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Cooksville	Ellsworth
Poverty rate	34.6%	25.8%
Average household size	2.33	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	29	35
Median year structure built	1950	1938