Allendale vs Keensburg

A side-by-side comparison of Allendale and Keensburg: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Allendale has the higher population (491 vs 149 in Keensburg). Keensburg has the higher median household income ($73,906 vs $70,500 in Allendale). Allendale has the higher median home value ($83,500 vs $80,600 in Keensburg).

Population, income & housing

	Allendale	Keensburg
Population	491	149
Median age	48.0 yrs	52.8 yrs
Median household income	$70,500	$73,906
Median home value	$83,500	$80,600
Median gross rent	$642	—
Housing units	191	78
Homeownership rate	94.5%	88.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.0%	4.6%
Unemployment rate	21.5%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Allendale	Keensburg
Population	770 → 491 (-36.2%)	82 → 149 (+81.7%)
Median household income	$71,094 → $70,500 (-0.8%)	$74,375 → $73,906 (-0.6%)
Median home value	$71,600 → $83,500 (+16.6%)	$58,800 → $80,600 (+37.1%)
Median gross rent	$538 → $642 (+19.3%)	—

Allendale

Population

770491

Median household income

$71,094$70,500

Median home value

$71,600$83,500

Median gross rent

$538$642

Keensburg

Population

82149

Median household income

$74,375$73,906

Median home value

$58,800$80,600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Allendale	Keensburg
Under 5	2.6%	8.7%
5 to 17	15.3%	0.7%
18 to 24	14.5%	3.4%
25 to 34	5.5%	17.4%
35 to 44	11.2%	8.1%
45 to 54	17.1%	18.1%
55 to 64	13.0%	21.5%
65 to 74	13.4%	16.1%
75 and over	7.3%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Allendale	Keensburg
White (non-Hispanic)	95.5%	86.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	2.0%
Asian	1.8%	5.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.8%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	2.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Allendale	Keensburg
No high school diploma	7.5%	16.9%
High school graduate	34.3%	30.8%
Some college or associate's	45.2%	47.7%
Bachelor's degree	7.5%	0.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.4%	3.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Allendale	Keensburg
Drove alone	87.0%	87.0%
Carpooled	9.3%	5.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	6.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.3%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Allendale	Keensburg
1-unit, detached	69.6%	65.4%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	25.1%	34.6%

Poverty & households

	Allendale	Keensburg
Poverty rate	11.5%	4.0%
Average household size	2.70	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	28	19
Median year structure built	1978	1957