Danvers vs Downs

A side-by-side comparison of Danvers and Downs: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Downs has the higher population (1,451 vs 951 in Danvers). Downs has the higher median household income ($106,809 vs $66,964 in Danvers). Downs has the higher median home value ($237,700 vs $156,500 in Danvers).

Population, income & housing

	Danvers	Downs
Population	951	1,451
Median age	35.9 yrs	34.4 yrs
Median household income	$66,964	$106,809
Median home value	$156,500	$237,700
Median gross rent	$1,147	$1,250
Housing units	407	546
Homeownership rate	82.2%	86.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.1%	56.1%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	0.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Danvers	Downs
Population	1,044 → 951 (-8.9%)	1,010 → 1,451 (+43.7%)
Median household income	$69,125 → $66,964 (-3.1%)	$91,333 → $106,809 (+16.9%)
Median home value	$134,500 → $156,500 (+16.4%)	$178,400 → $237,700 (+33.2%)
Median gross rent	$819 → $1,147 (+40.0%)	$906 → $1,250 (+38.0%)

Danvers

Population

1,044951

Median household income

$69,125$66,964

Median home value

$134,500$156,500

Median gross rent

$819$1,147

Downs

Population

1,0101,451

Median household income

$91,333$106,809

Median home value

$178,400$237,700

Median gross rent

$906$1,250

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Danvers	Downs
Under 5	5.9%	6.3%
5 to 17	22.6%	26.6%
18 to 24	3.7%	3.7%
25 to 34	15.5%	18.5%
35 to 44	13.2%	15.7%
45 to 54	13.6%	11.2%
55 to 64	8.6%	7.0%
65 to 74	10.0%	3.4%
75 and over	6.9%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Danvers	Downs
White (non-Hispanic)	95.3%	92.4%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.2%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.1%	4.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Danvers	Downs
No high school diploma	5.4%	2.7%
High school graduate	18.3%	22.1%
Some college or associate's	39.2%	19.1%
Bachelor's degree	25.4%	47.0%
Graduate or professional degree	11.6%	9.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Danvers	Downs
Drove alone	79.3%	82.4%
Carpooled	1.2%	2.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	4.0%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.6%	13.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Danvers	Downs
1-unit, detached	90.2%	92.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.8%
2 to 4 units	9.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.9%

Poverty & households

	Danvers	Downs
Poverty rate	8.5%	4.8%
Average household size	2.46	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	29	19
Median year structure built	1959	1986