McLean vs Stanford

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

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

McLean has the higher population (730 vs 469 in Stanford). McLean has the higher median household income ($84,766 vs $83,173 in Stanford). McLean has the higher median home value ($124,700 vs $101,800 in Stanford).

Population, income & housing

	McLean	Stanford
Population	730	469
Median age	36.7 yrs	32.3 yrs
Median household income	$84,766	$83,173
Median home value	$124,700	$101,800
Median gross rent	$1,225	$1,375
Housing units	290	251
Homeownership rate	88.8%	90.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.0%	11.0%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	7.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	McLean	Stanford
Population	771 → 730 (-5.3%)	669 → 469 (-29.9%)
Median household income	$64,722 → $84,766 (+31.0%)	$52,750 → $83,173 (+57.7%)
Median home value	$106,000 → $124,700 (+17.6%)	$87,800 → $101,800 (+15.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,036 → $1,225 (+18.2%)	$813 → $1,375 (+69.1%)

McLean

Population

771730

Median household income

$64,722$84,766

Median home value

$106,000$124,700

Median gross rent

$1,036$1,225

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)

	McLean	Stanford
Under 5	7.8%	4.7%
5 to 17	17.5%	19.2%
18 to 24	6.8%	8.5%
25 to 34	14.5%	19.8%
35 to 44	18.2%	11.1%
45 to 54	10.1%	11.3%
55 to 64	13.6%	16.2%
65 to 74	6.4%	4.5%
75 and over	4.9%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	McLean	Stanford
White (non-Hispanic)	87.9%	94.2%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.3%	5.5%
Hispanic or Latino	6.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	McLean	Stanford
No high school diploma	5.7%	6.6%
High school graduate	44.8%	42.9%
Some college or associate's	25.5%	39.4%
Bachelor's degree	18.8%	6.9%
Graduate or professional degree	5.3%	4.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	McLean	Stanford
Drove alone	74.9%	77.0%
Carpooled	4.1%	4.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.8%
Worked from home	18.2%	7.8%
Other means	0.8%	8.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	McLean	Stanford
1-unit, detached	97.9%	86.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	7.2%
2 to 4 units	0.7%	2.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	4.0%

Poverty & households

	McLean	Stanford
Poverty rate	8.1%	9.4%
Average household size	2.64	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	29	20
Median year structure built	1965	1945