Kappa vs Lowpoint

A side-by-side comparison of Kappa and Lowpoint: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Kappa has the higher population (211 vs 184 in Lowpoint). Kappa has the higher median home value ($160,000 vs $76,000 in Lowpoint). Since 2019, Lowpoint's population has grown faster (+26.9% vs -1.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Kappa	Lowpoint
Population	211	184
Median age	47.6 yrs	34.0 yrs
Median household income	$77,000	—
Median home value	$160,000	$76,000
Median gross rent	$850	—
Housing units	119	74
Homeownership rate	78.8%	94.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.9%	4.5%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	37.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kappa	Lowpoint
Population	215 → 211 (-1.9%)	145 → 184 (+26.9%)
Median household income	$82,500 → $77,000 (-6.7%)	—
Median home value	$135,900 → $160,000 (+17.7%)	$73,300 → $76,000 (+3.7%)
Median gross rent	$575 → $850 (+47.8%)	—

Kappa

Population

215211

Median household income

$82,500$77,000

Median home value

$135,900$160,000

Median gross rent

$575$850

Lowpoint

Population

145184

Median home value

$73,300$76,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kappa	Lowpoint
Under 5	5.7%	14.7%
5 to 17	9.5%	16.8%
18 to 24	11.4%	7.6%
25 to 34	10.0%	10.9%
35 to 44	11.4%	7.6%
45 to 54	22.3%	4.3%
55 to 64	20.9%	22.8%
65 to 74	8.5%	13.6%
75 and over	0.5%	1.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kappa	Lowpoint
White (non-Hispanic)	94.3%	95.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.5%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.4%	4.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kappa	Lowpoint
No high school diploma	4.5%	0.0%
High school graduate	43.9%	47.3%
Some college or associate's	18.7%	48.2%
Bachelor's degree	28.4%	4.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.5%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kappa	Lowpoint
Drove alone	78.7%	90.6%
Carpooled	1.6%	9.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.7%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kappa	Lowpoint
1-unit, detached	74.8%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	8.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	16.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Kappa	Lowpoint
Poverty rate	10.0%	24.5%
Average household size	2.03	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	27	23
Median year structure built	1984	1954