Como vs Deer Grove

A side-by-side comparison of Como and Deer Grove: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Como has the higher population (581 vs 33 in Deer Grove). Deer Grove has the higher median household income ($73,750 vs $59,417 in Como). Como has the higher median home value ($154,000 vs $128,600 in Deer Grove).

Population, income & housing

	Como	Deer Grove
Population	581	33
Median age	37.7 yrs	66.8 yrs
Median household income	$59,417	$73,750
Median home value	$154,000	$128,600
Housing units	201	15
Homeownership rate	83.1%	92.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.8%	3.4%
Unemployment rate	11.5%	40.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Como	Deer Grove
Population	593 → 581 (-2.0%)	43 → 33 (-23.3%)
Median household income	$77,569 → $59,417 (-23.4%)	$81,875 → $73,750 (-9.9%)
Median home value	$150,700 → $154,000 (+2.2%)	$68,000 → $128,600 (+89.1%)

Como

Population

593581

Median household income

$77,569$59,417

Median home value

$150,700$154,000

Deer Grove

Population

4333

Median household income

$81,875$73,750

Median home value

$68,000$128,600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Como	Deer Grove
Under 5	1.4%	6.1%
5 to 17	28.4%	3.0%
18 to 24	1.4%	3.0%
25 to 34	17.9%	0.0%
35 to 44	12.0%	6.1%
45 to 54	7.6%	9.1%
55 to 64	12.6%	18.2%
65 to 74	13.9%	51.5%
75 and over	4.8%	3.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Como	Deer Grove
White (non-Hispanic)	60.2%	100.0%
Black or African American	5.7%	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	15.8%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	18.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Como	Deer Grove
No high school diploma	10.5%	3.4%
High school graduate	27.0%	17.2%
Some college or associate's	50.7%	75.9%
Bachelor's degree	4.0%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	7.8%	3.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Como	Deer Grove
Drove alone	57.1%	91.7%
Carpooled	18.2%	8.3%
Public transit	5.6%	0.0%
Walked	14.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	4.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Como	Deer Grove
1-unit, detached	90.5%	93.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.0%	6.7%

Poverty & households

	Como	Deer Grove
Poverty rate	22.0%	12.1%
Average household size	2.89	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	17	22
Median year structure built	1958	1962