Grand Detour vs Kings

A side-by-side comparison of Grand Detour and Kings: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Kings has the higher population (322 vs 282 in Grand Detour). Grand Detour has the higher median household income ($74,141 vs $71,250 in Kings). Grand Detour has the higher median home value ($162,500 vs $122,600 in Kings).

Population, income & housing

	Grand Detour	Kings
Population	282	322
Median age	54.0 yrs	13.5 yrs
Median household income	$74,141	$71,250
Median home value	$162,500	$122,600
Housing units	200	49
Homeownership rate	89.9%	89.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.1%	7.6%
Unemployment rate	22.2%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grand Detour	Kings
Population	345 → 282 (-18.3%)	348 → 322 (-7.5%)
Median household income	$105,469 → $74,141 (-29.7%)	$61,250 → $71,250 (+16.3%)
Median home value	$200,800 → $162,500 (-19.1%)	$114,400 → $122,600 (+7.2%)

Grand Detour

Population

345282

Median household income

$105,469$74,141

Median home value

$200,800$162,500

Kings

Population

348322

Median household income

$61,250$71,250

Median home value

$114,400$122,600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Grand Detour	Kings
Under 5	0.0%	36.3%
5 to 17	17.7%	19.3%
18 to 24	11.7%	7.8%
25 to 34	10.3%	2.2%
35 to 44	7.1%	20.2%
45 to 54	17.7%	8.1%
55 to 64	7.4%	5.6%
65 to 74	23.0%	0.6%
75 and over	5.0%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grand Detour	Kings
White (non-Hispanic)	67.7%	24.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	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%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	32.3%	72.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Grand Detour	Kings
No high school diploma	6.5%	0.0%
High school graduate	26.1%	52.5%
Some college or associate's	38.2%	39.8%
Bachelor's degree	25.6%	2.5%
Graduate or professional degree	3.5%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grand Detour	Kings
Drove alone	100.0%	77.8%
Carpooled	0.0%	16.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	6.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Grand Detour	Kings
1-unit, detached	100.0%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Grand Detour	Kings
Poverty rate	4.6%	0.0%
Average household size	2.04	6.57
Mean commute (minutes)	24	35
Median year structure built	1955	1963