Kappa vs Spring Bay

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

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

Spring Bay has the higher population (519 vs 211 in Kappa). Kappa has the higher median household income ($77,000 vs $61,111 in Spring Bay). Kappa has the higher median home value ($160,000 vs $134,900 in Spring Bay).

Population, income & housing

	Kappa	Spring Bay
Population	211	519
Median age	47.6 yrs	42.9 yrs
Median household income	$77,000	$61,111
Median home value	$160,000	$134,900
Median gross rent	$850	$1,083
Housing units	119	215
Homeownership rate	78.8%	64.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.9%	11.5%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	6.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kappa	Spring Bay
Population	215 → 211 (-1.9%)	407 → 519 (+27.5%)
Median household income	$82,500 → $77,000 (-6.7%)	$37,143 → $61,111 (+64.5%)
Median home value	$135,900 → $160,000 (+17.7%)	$129,800 → $134,900 (+3.9%)
Median gross rent	$575 → $850 (+47.8%)	$900 → $1,083 (+20.3%)

Kappa

Population

215211

Median household income

$82,500$77,000

Median home value

$135,900$160,000

Median gross rent

$575$850

Spring Bay

Population

407519

Median household income

$37,143$61,111

Median home value

$129,800$134,900

Median gross rent

$900$1,083

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kappa	Spring Bay
Under 5	5.7%	6.9%
5 to 17	9.5%	15.4%
18 to 24	11.4%	7.3%
25 to 34	10.0%	11.9%
35 to 44	11.4%	13.3%
45 to 54	22.3%	11.9%
55 to 64	20.9%	11.9%
65 to 74	8.5%	17.9%
75 and over	0.5%	3.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kappa	Spring Bay
White (non-Hispanic)	94.3%	94.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.4%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.5%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	1.4%	1.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kappa	Spring Bay
No high school diploma	4.5%	5.5%
High school graduate	43.9%	54.2%
Some college or associate's	18.7%	28.8%
Bachelor's degree	28.4%	11.2%
Graduate or professional degree	4.5%	0.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kappa	Spring Bay
Drove alone	78.7%	81.7%
Carpooled	1.6%	6.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.7%	11.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kappa	Spring Bay
1-unit, detached	74.8%	85.6%
1-unit, attached	8.4%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	0.8%	2.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	16.0%	8.4%

Poverty & households

	Kappa	Spring Bay
Poverty rate	10.0%	17.0%
Average household size	2.03	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	27	22
Median year structure built	1984	1970