Alsey vs Winchester

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

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

Winchester has the higher population (1,543 vs 184 in Alsey). Winchester has the higher median household income ($54,286 vs $48,750 in Alsey). Winchester has the higher median home value ($96,000 vs $53,000 in Alsey).

Population, income & housing

	Alsey	Winchester
Population	184	1,543
Median age	34.9 yrs	39.1 yrs
Median household income	$48,750	$54,286
Median home value	$53,000	$96,000
Median gross rent	$850	$627
Housing units	89	772
Homeownership rate	85.1%	64.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.1%	20.7%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alsey	Winchester
Population	143 → 184 (+28.7%)	1,856 → 1,543 (-16.9%)
Median household income	$38,750 → $48,750 (+25.8%)	$51,625 → $54,286 (+5.2%)
Median home value	$47,500 → $53,000 (+11.6%)	$86,200 → $96,000 (+11.4%)
Median gross rent	$683 → $850 (+24.5%)	$499 → $627 (+25.7%)

Alsey

Population

143184

Median household income

$38,750$48,750

Median home value

$47,500$53,000

Median gross rent

$683$850

Winchester

Population

1,8561,543

Median household income

$51,625$54,286

Median home value

$86,200$96,000

Median gross rent

$499$627

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alsey	Winchester
Under 5	8.2%	6.8%
5 to 17	18.5%	19.5%
18 to 24	6.0%	8.6%
25 to 34	17.9%	11.1%
35 to 44	8.2%	8.4%
45 to 54	8.7%	12.1%
55 to 64	19.6%	16.1%
65 to 74	6.5%	9.7%
75 and over	6.5%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alsey	Winchester
White (non-Hispanic)	98.9%	96.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.1%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alsey	Winchester
No high school diploma	10.5%	5.7%
High school graduate	57.3%	49.6%
Some college or associate's	16.1%	24.1%
Bachelor's degree	13.7%	14.8%
Graduate or professional degree	2.4%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alsey	Winchester
Drove alone	80.3%	85.1%
Carpooled	5.6%	8.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.2%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.5%	4.7%
Other means	1.4%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alsey	Winchester
1-unit, detached	91.0%	73.6%
1-unit, attached	3.4%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	17.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	5.6%	5.6%

Poverty & households

	Alsey	Winchester
Poverty rate	17.4%	21.2%
Average household size	2.49	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	30	25
Median year structure built	1944	1959