Grand Detour vs Leaf River

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

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

Leaf River has the higher population (475 vs 282 in Grand Detour). Leaf River has the higher median household income ($75,903 vs $74,141 in Grand Detour). Grand Detour has the higher median home value ($162,500 vs $93,600 in Leaf River).

Population, income & housing

	Grand Detour	Leaf River
Population	282	475
Median age	54.0 yrs	43.8 yrs
Median household income	$74,141	$75,903
Median home value	$162,500	$93,600
Median gross rent	—	$795
Housing units	200	228
Homeownership rate	89.9%	82.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.1%	12.5%
Unemployment rate	22.2%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grand Detour	Leaf River
Population	345 → 282 (-18.3%)	422 → 475 (+12.6%)
Median household income	$105,469 → $74,141 (-29.7%)	$46,500 → $75,903 (+63.2%)
Median home value	$200,800 → $162,500 (-19.1%)	$81,800 → $93,600 (+14.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$729 → $795 (+9.1%)

Grand Detour

Population

345282

Median household income

$105,469$74,141

Median home value

$200,800$162,500

Leaf River

Population

422475

Median household income

$46,500$75,903

Median home value

$81,800$93,600

Median gross rent

$729$795

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Grand Detour	Leaf River
Under 5	0.0%	7.6%
5 to 17	17.7%	15.8%
18 to 24	11.7%	4.4%
25 to 34	10.3%	13.9%
35 to 44	7.1%	9.5%
45 to 54	17.7%	19.4%
55 to 64	7.4%	14.7%
65 to 74	23.0%	8.8%
75 and over	5.0%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grand Detour	Leaf River
White (non-Hispanic)	67.7%	96.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
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%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	32.3%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Grand Detour	Leaf River
No high school diploma	6.5%	5.8%
High school graduate	26.1%	47.5%
Some college or associate's	38.2%	34.1%
Bachelor's degree	25.6%	11.7%
Graduate or professional degree	3.5%	0.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grand Detour	Leaf River
Drove alone	100.0%	86.7%
Carpooled	0.0%	4.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	4.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	3.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Grand Detour	Leaf River
1-unit, detached	100.0%	89.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	8.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Grand Detour	Leaf River
Poverty rate	4.6%	14.2%
Average household size	2.04	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	24	30
Median year structure built	1955	1951