Alsey vs Bluffs

A side-by-side comparison of Alsey and Bluffs: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Bluffs has the higher population (586 vs 184 in Alsey). Bluffs has the higher median household income ($72,917 vs $48,750 in Alsey). Bluffs has the higher median home value ($78,700 vs $53,000 in Alsey).

Population, income & housing

	Alsey	Bluffs
Population	184	586
Median age	34.9 yrs	48.8 yrs
Median household income	$48,750	$72,917
Median home value	$53,000	$78,700
Median gross rent	$850	$625
Housing units	89	313
Homeownership rate	85.1%	77.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.1%	18.4%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alsey	Bluffs
Population	143 → 184 (+28.7%)	839 → 586 (-30.2%)
Median household income	$38,750 → $48,750 (+25.8%)	$60,588 → $72,917 (+20.3%)
Median home value	$47,500 → $53,000 (+11.6%)	$68,100 → $78,700 (+15.6%)
Median gross rent	$683 → $850 (+24.5%)	$686 → $625 (-8.9%)

Alsey

Population

143184

Median household income

$38,750$48,750

Median home value

$47,500$53,000

Median gross rent

$683$850

Bluffs

Population

839586

Median household income

$60,588$72,917

Median home value

$68,100$78,700

Median gross rent

$686$625

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alsey	Bluffs
Under 5	8.2%	1.4%
5 to 17	18.5%	13.1%
18 to 24	6.0%	10.2%
25 to 34	17.9%	13.5%
35 to 44	8.2%	8.4%
45 to 54	8.7%	9.2%
55 to 64	19.6%	21.8%
65 to 74	6.5%	16.6%
75 and over	6.5%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alsey	Bluffs
White (non-Hispanic)	98.9%	88.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.1%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	9.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alsey	Bluffs
No high school diploma	10.5%	5.9%
High school graduate	57.3%	51.0%
Some college or associate's	16.1%	24.7%
Bachelor's degree	13.7%	17.2%
Graduate or professional degree	2.4%	1.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alsey	Bluffs
Drove alone	80.3%	86.2%
Carpooled	5.6%	9.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.7%
Worked from home	8.5%	2.4%
Other means	1.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alsey	Bluffs
1-unit, detached	91.0%	85.3%
1-unit, attached	3.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	5.6%	4.8%

Poverty & households

	Alsey	Bluffs
Poverty rate	17.4%	6.5%
Average household size	2.49	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	30	22
Median year structure built	1944	1958