Barstow vs Taylor Ridge

A side-by-side comparison of Barstow and Taylor Ridge: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Taylor Ridge has the higher population (237 vs 43 in Barstow). Taylor Ridge has the higher median home value ($162,500 vs $118,800 in Barstow). Since 2019, Taylor Ridge's population has grown faster (+66.9% vs -41.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Barstow	Taylor Ridge
Population	43	237
Median age	36.6 yrs	49.9 yrs
Median household income	$76,250	—
Median home value	$118,800	$162,500
Housing units	26	122
Homeownership rate	88.2%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.7%	23.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Barstow	Taylor Ridge
Population	73 → 43 (-41.1%)	142 → 237 (+66.9%)
Median household income	$51,667 → $76,250 (+47.6%)	—
Median home value	$88,900 → $118,800 (+33.6%)	$140,900 → $162,500 (+15.3%)

Barstow

Population

7343

Median household income

$51,667$76,250

Median home value

$88,900$118,800

Taylor Ridge

Population

142237

Median home value

$140,900$162,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Barstow	Taylor Ridge
Under 5	11.6%	3.0%
5 to 17	7.0%	24.5%
18 to 24	0.0%	4.6%
25 to 34	20.9%	3.8%
35 to 44	20.9%	3.8%
45 to 54	7.0%	11.8%
55 to 64	32.6%	0.0%
65 to 74	0.0%	19.4%
75 and over	0.0%	29.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Barstow	Taylor Ridge
White (non-Hispanic)	88.4%	100.0%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	11.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Barstow	Taylor Ridge
No high school diploma	8.6%	0.0%
High school graduate	62.9%	32.3%
Some college or associate's	22.9%	44.7%
Bachelor's degree	5.7%	23.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Barstow	Taylor Ridge
Drove alone	83.3%	100.0%
Carpooled	16.7%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Barstow	Taylor Ridge
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

	Barstow	Taylor Ridge
Poverty rate	0.0%	0.0%
Average household size	2.53	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	—	31
Median year structure built	1951	1956