Cameron vs Kirkwood

A side-by-side comparison of Cameron and Kirkwood: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Kirkwood has the higher population (769 vs 383 in Cameron). Kirkwood has the higher median household income ($70,385 vs $57,614 in Cameron). Cameron has the higher median home value ($110,400 vs $89,500 in Kirkwood).

Population, income & housing

	Cameron	Kirkwood
Population	383	769
Median age	37.9 yrs	38.3 yrs
Median household income	$57,614	$70,385
Median home value	$110,400	$89,500
Median gross rent	—	$850
Housing units	155	304
Homeownership rate	50.3%	85.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.6%	17.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cameron	Kirkwood
Population	146 → 383 (+162.3%)	762 → 769 (+0.9%)
Median household income	$49,439 → $57,614 (+16.5%)	$53,542 → $70,385 (+31.5%)
Median home value	$87,600 → $110,400 (+26.0%)	$78,300 → $89,500 (+14.3%)
Median gross rent	—	$481 → $850 (+76.7%)

Cameron

Population

146383

Median household income

$49,439$57,614

Median home value

$87,600$110,400

Kirkwood

Population

762769

Median household income

$53,542$70,385

Median home value

$78,300$89,500

Median gross rent

$481$850

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cameron	Kirkwood
Under 5	0.0%	6.8%
5 to 17	11.0%	22.6%
18 to 24	32.6%	9.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	8.5%
35 to 44	25.6%	16.5%
45 to 54	8.4%	13.5%
55 to 64	17.0%	8.7%
65 to 74	0.0%	7.8%
75 and over	5.5%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cameron	Kirkwood
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	93.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	3.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cameron	Kirkwood
No high school diploma	18.1%	11.8%
High school graduate	25.9%	37.3%
Some college or associate's	51.4%	33.3%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	13.3%
Graduate or professional degree	4.6%	4.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cameron	Kirkwood
Drove alone	100.0%	85.6%
Carpooled	0.0%	8.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	5.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cameron	Kirkwood
1-unit, detached	100.0%	93.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	3.0%

Poverty & households

	Cameron	Kirkwood
Poverty rate	14.1%	7.9%
Average household size	2.47	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	15	21
Median year structure built	1942	1952