
Illinois · Census place 00971
Alpha, IL population, income and ZIP codes
Quick answer
The population of the city of Alpha, Illinois (Alpha, IL — Census place “Alpha village”) is 801 residents, ranking #759 of 1462 places in Illinois. Median household income is $75,139, the median home is worth $115,700 and median gross rent runs $957 a month. Looking for the Alpha Illinois ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Alpha, IL: 61413.
- Population
- 801Alpha village residents
- Median household income
- $75,139Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $115,700Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $957Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 43.6 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 84.6%Owner-occupied households
Alpha ZIP codes (Illinois)
Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Alpha.
The Alpha IL ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.
What the numbers mean in Alpha village
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
A household earning the Alpha village median would spend about 15.3% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 1.5× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 1.4% of residents and 84.6% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
Alpha village, IL in context
How this area compares with national benchmarks.
Alpha village is a very small community in Illinois, with 801 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #759 of 1,462 ranked by population — larger than 48% of them. The median age here is 43.6 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.
Households in Alpha village earn a median of $75,139 a year, 4.3% below the national figure of $78,538 and within a couple of points of the $74,244 median for the 698 Illinois cities we cover. This figure covers the household, not the worker: two people on ordinary wages at one address outrank a single professional in the same table. Poverty reaches 1.4% of residents here, less than half the 12.4% national rate.
The typical owner-occupied home in Alpha village is valued at $115,700, 61.9% below the national figure and 35% below the $179,100 peer median, while median gross rent runs $957 a month, 31.9% below the national figure, or roughly $11,484 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 15.3% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 1.5×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so purchase prices are unusually low against local pay, the pattern in places where supply is plentiful and wage growth has been flat. 84.6% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, an owner-dominated market where rental listings are scarce and rent medians rest on a thin sample. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.
With 801 residents, a handful of survey responses moves every median on this page. Compare Alpha village against its county rather than against national figures.
No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.
Compare with nearby places
Places of similar size in Illinois.
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- Rapids City village 1,012
- Percy village 1,014
- Forest View village 1,022
- Beckemeyer village 1,024
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Frequently asked questions
Common questions about this area.
- What is the population of Alpha village?
- Alpha village has 801 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #759 of 1,462 in Illinois.
- What is the median household income in Alpha village?
- Median household income in Alpha village is $75,139 a year, 4.3% below the national figure of $78,538.
- How much does it cost to rent or buy in Alpha village?
- Median gross rent is $957 a month and the median home value is $115,700, so rent absorbs about 15.3% of median household income.
- Is Alpha village affordable compared with the rest of the US?
- Homes cost about 1.5× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Alpha village is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 15.3% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
- How current is this Alpha village data?
- All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.