Elmwood vs Princeville

A side-by-side comparison of Elmwood and Princeville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Elmwood has the higher population (2,254 vs 1,932 in Princeville). Elmwood has the higher median household income ($87,644 vs $81,944 in Princeville). Princeville has the higher median home value ($162,000 vs $144,600 in Elmwood).

Population, income & housing

	Elmwood	Princeville
Population	2,254	1,932
Median age	36.8 yrs	36.4 yrs
Median household income	$87,644	$81,944
Median home value	$144,600	$162,000
Median gross rent	$761	$919
Housing units	952	726
Homeownership rate	75.7%	80.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.0%	28.3%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elmwood	Princeville
Population	2,367 → 2,254 (-4.8%)	1,952 → 1,932 (-1.0%)
Median household income	$68,194 → $87,644 (+28.5%)	$60,139 → $81,944 (+36.3%)
Median home value	$138,100 → $144,600 (+4.7%)	$128,000 → $162,000 (+26.6%)
Median gross rent	$639 → $761 (+19.1%)	$818 → $919 (+12.3%)

Elmwood

Population

2,3672,254

Median household income

$68,194$87,644

Median home value

$138,100$144,600

Median gross rent

$639$761

Princeville

Population

1,9521,932

Median household income

$60,139$81,944

Median home value

$128,000$162,000

Median gross rent

$818$919

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elmwood	Princeville
Under 5	9.3%	6.2%
5 to 17	22.9%	25.4%
18 to 24	6.1%	7.2%
25 to 34	6.7%	8.9%
35 to 44	18.9%	12.3%
45 to 54	11.8%	12.0%
55 to 64	8.5%	10.7%
65 to 74	8.0%	7.9%
75 and over	7.8%	9.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elmwood	Princeville
White (non-Hispanic)	92.5%	84.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.5%
Asian	0.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.4%
Two or more races	2.3%	5.6%
Hispanic or Latino	5.1%	7.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elmwood	Princeville
No high school diploma	4.1%	8.2%
High school graduate	25.8%	26.2%
Some college or associate's	33.2%	37.3%
Bachelor's degree	24.7%	18.6%
Graduate or professional degree	12.3%	9.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elmwood	Princeville
Drove alone	70.6%	85.1%
Carpooled	10.3%	7.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	7.9%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.0%	5.5%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elmwood	Princeville
1-unit, detached	80.4%	83.9%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	3.3%
2 to 4 units	11.7%	4.0%
5 to 19 units	1.3%	7.4%
20 or more units	4.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.4%

Poverty & households

	Elmwood	Princeville
Poverty rate	11.5%	11.3%
Average household size	2.68	2.75
Mean commute (minutes)	25	21
Median year structure built	1940	1972