Ilion vs Little Falls

A side-by-side comparison of Ilion and Little Falls: population, income, housing, and more.

Ilion and Little Falls are places in New York. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Ilion has the higher population (7,636 vs 4,567 in Little Falls). Ilion has the higher median household income ($61,880 vs $51,763 in Little Falls). Ilion has the higher median home value ($100,800 vs $91,100 in Little Falls).

Population, income & housing

	Ilion	Little Falls
Population	7,636	4,567
Median age	42.5 yrs	39.2 yrs
Median household income	$61,880	$51,763
Median home value	$100,800	$91,100
Median gross rent	$718	$793
Housing units	3,929	2,293
Homeownership rate	63.1%	63.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.6%	19.0%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	9.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ilion	Little Falls
Population	7,812 → 7,636 (-2.3%)	4,708 → 4,567 (-3.0%)
Median household income	$54,397 → $61,880 (+13.8%)	$42,311 → $51,763 (+22.3%)
Median home value	$81,900 → $100,800 (+23.1%)	$76,900 → $91,100 (+18.5%)
Median gross rent	$623 → $718 (+15.2%)	$619 → $793 (+28.1%)

Ilion

Population

7,8127,636

Median household income

$54,397$61,880

Median home value

$81,900$100,800

Median gross rent

$623$718

Little Falls

Population

4,7084,567

Median household income

$42,311$51,763

Median home value

$76,900$91,100

Median gross rent

$619$793

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ilion	Little Falls
Under 5	4.2%	5.6%
5 to 17	20.2%	19.4%
18 to 24	4.4%	12.1%
25 to 34	13.7%	8.0%
35 to 44	9.6%	13.1%
45 to 54	12.9%	11.6%
55 to 64	14.1%	10.3%
65 to 74	10.0%	13.7%
75 and over	10.8%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ilion	Little Falls
White (non-Hispanic)	88.8%	86.2%
Black or African American	0.5%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.8%	0.5%
Some other race	0.0%	0.7%
Two or more races	5.4%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	4.1%	9.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ilion	Little Falls
No high school diploma	7.4%	9.2%
High school graduate	31.6%	30.3%
Some college or associate's	39.4%	41.5%
Bachelor's degree	11.9%	10.7%
Graduate or professional degree	9.7%	8.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ilion	Little Falls
Drove alone	85.9%	84.4%
Carpooled	3.1%	3.9%
Public transit	0.3%	0.3%
Walked	2.5%	3.3%
Bicycle	1.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.2%	6.7%
Other means	3.0%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ilion	Little Falls
1-unit, detached	61.5%	48.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	21.9%	40.1%
5 to 19 units	5.2%	3.9%
20 or more units	11.4%	5.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Ilion	Little Falls
Poverty rate	15.0%	28.4%
Average household size	2.21	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	22	21
Median year structure built	1940	1938