Kings vs Leaf River

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

Kings 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 322 in Kings). Leaf River has the higher median household income ($75,903 vs $71,250 in Kings). Kings has the higher median home value ($122,600 vs $93,600 in Leaf River).

Population, income & housing

	Kings	Leaf River
Population	322	475
Median age	13.5 yrs	43.8 yrs
Median household income	$71,250	$75,903
Median home value	$122,600	$93,600
Median gross rent	—	$795
Housing units	49	228
Homeownership rate	89.8%	82.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.6%	12.5%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kings	Leaf River
Population	348 → 322 (-7.5%)	422 → 475 (+12.6%)
Median household income	$61,250 → $71,250 (+16.3%)	$46,500 → $75,903 (+63.2%)
Median home value	$114,400 → $122,600 (+7.2%)	$81,800 → $93,600 (+14.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$729 → $795 (+9.1%)

Kings

Population

348322

Median household income

$61,250$71,250

Median home value

$114,400$122,600

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)

	Kings	Leaf River
Under 5	36.3%	7.6%
5 to 17	19.3%	15.8%
18 to 24	7.8%	4.4%
25 to 34	2.2%	13.9%
35 to 44	20.2%	9.5%
45 to 54	8.1%	19.4%
55 to 64	5.6%	14.7%
65 to 74	0.6%	8.8%
75 and over	0.0%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kings	Leaf River
White (non-Hispanic)	24.5%	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	2.8%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	72.7%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kings	Leaf River
No high school diploma	0.0%	5.8%
High school graduate	52.5%	47.5%
Some college or associate's	39.8%	34.1%
Bachelor's degree	2.5%	11.7%
Graduate or professional degree	5.1%	0.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kings	Leaf River
Drove alone	77.8%	86.7%
Carpooled	16.2%	4.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	4.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.1%	3.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kings	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

	Kings	Leaf River
Poverty rate	0.0%	14.2%
Average household size	6.57	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	35	30
Median year structure built	1963	1951