Loves Park vs South Beloit

A side-by-side comparison of Loves Park and South Beloit: population, income, housing, and more.

Loves Park and South Beloit are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Loves Park has the higher population (23,185 vs 7,930 in South Beloit). South Beloit has the higher median household income ($81,836 vs $58,633 in Loves Park). South Beloit has the higher median home value ($160,800 vs $144,900 in Loves Park).

Population, income & housing

	Loves Park	South Beloit
Population	23,185	7,930
Median age	36.8 yrs	35.7 yrs
Median household income	$58,633	$81,836
Median home value	$144,900	$160,800
Median gross rent	$1,102	$925
Housing units	10,374	3,256
Homeownership rate	62.4%	70.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.9%	24.6%
Unemployment rate	7.8%	6.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Loves Park	South Beloit
Population	23,710 → 23,185 (-2.2%)	7,900 → 7,930 (+0.4%)
Median household income	$59,059 → $58,633 (-0.7%)	$60,822 → $81,836 (+34.5%)
Median home value	$111,900 → $144,900 (+29.5%)	$125,800 → $160,800 (+27.8%)
Median gross rent	$848 → $1,102 (+30.0%)	$784 → $925 (+18.0%)

Loves Park

Population

23,71023,185

Median household income

$59,059$58,633

Median home value

$111,900$144,900

Median gross rent

$848$1,102

South Beloit

Population

7,9007,930

Median household income

$60,822$81,836

Median home value

$125,800$160,800

Median gross rent

$784$925

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Loves Park	South Beloit
Under 5	7.1%	7.8%
5 to 17	12.8%	18.8%
18 to 24	10.7%	6.7%
25 to 34	16.6%	15.3%
35 to 44	11.1%	16.2%
45 to 54	9.4%	12.4%
55 to 64	13.6%	11.3%
65 to 74	11.3%	7.4%
75 and over	7.4%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Loves Park	South Beloit
White (non-Hispanic)	70.8%	78.2%
Black or African American	7.7%	3.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.0%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.0%	6.5%
Hispanic or Latino	9.1%	10.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Loves Park	South Beloit
No high school diploma	8.1%	6.7%
High school graduate	32.2%	33.7%
Some college or associate's	34.8%	35.0%
Bachelor's degree	14.9%	15.0%
Graduate or professional degree	10.0%	9.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Loves Park	South Beloit
Drove alone	80.7%	72.2%
Carpooled	8.7%	21.9%
Public transit	0.1%	0.6%
Walked	0.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.7%	1.4%
Worked from home	7.9%	2.2%
Other means	1.3%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Loves Park	South Beloit
1-unit, detached	58.5%	72.0%
1-unit, attached	10.6%	6.2%
2 to 4 units	16.1%	8.1%
5 to 19 units	5.4%	6.6%
20 or more units	4.7%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	4.7%	5.6%

Poverty & households

	Loves Park	South Beloit
Poverty rate	15.0%	8.6%
Average household size	2.31	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	22	26
Median year structure built	1985	1990