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Place dossier plate
SheetIL-SOUTH-BELOIT-IL · South Beloit, IL 7,930 pop · income 63rd pct
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around South Beloit
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest South Beloit on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Moundsville · lowest
48,590
Moundsville · lowest
48,590 median HH income
27.0% of the leader · rank #1
Rotterdam · near
81,830
Rotterdam · near
81,830 median HH income
45.5% of the leader · rank #2
Kalaeloa · near
81,833
Kalaeloa · near
81,833 median HH income
45.5% of the leader · rank #3
South Beloit · this city
81,836
South Beloit · this city
81,836 median HH income
45.5% of the leader · rank #4
Peterborough · near
81,836
Peterborough · near
81,836 median HH income
45.5% of the leader · rank #5
Baldwin City · near
81,838
Baldwin City · near
81,838 median HH income
45.5% of the leader · rank #6
Lincolnshire · highest
179,735
Lincolnshire · highest
179,735 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #7
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income, and FBI crime rate
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for South Beloit on ACS population and median household income
, plus FBI UCR reporting rate when the extract covers this place. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 7,930.
Agency-reported UCR totals per 100,000 population, not a neighborhood safety grade or a prediction of personal risk.
South Beloit - the verdict
South Beloit ranks in the 63rd percentile for household income and the 57th percentile for safety nationally, out of every US city with at least 1,000 residents. Source: Census ACS + FBI UCR.
63rd
percentile, household income
30th
percentile, home value
18th
percentile, median rent
57th
percentile, safety
📝 How we sourced this
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Data Snapshot: South Beloit, IL
Illinois's South Beloit is a small town, with 7,930 residents per the latest Census Bureau ACS figures. Median household income here is $81,836 per year, above the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 10.0%. Home values in South Beloit run a median of $160,800, and the median resident age is 35.7 years. 24.6% of adults here have a bachelor's degree or higher; 67.9% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
South Beloit reports a comparatively low crime rate: the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting program logs 1182.3 total incidents per 100,000 residents here, below the national average (agency reporting is voluntary, so this measures reporting activity, not a definitive danger score).
Illinois tracks close to the national cost-of-living baseline: on BEA's 100-equals-national-average cost index, Illinois scores 100.0 (Near Average), per the 2024 Regional Price Parities release. Statewide, HUD pegs Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom unit at $1,063 monthly. Statewide, average monthly utility bills in Illinois run around $240, per EIA 2023 residential energy data. FEMA's National Risk Index rates natural-hazard exposure at 54.5 out of 100 (Low).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of South Beloit's data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from population change to comparison shortlist to schools and households to housing and income to reported crime to work and mobility; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For South Beloit, city-specific coverage includes matched public-school count, FBI reported-crime rates, annual population history, commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for within-city Census tract profiles, local building permits; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
Question 1
Is South Beloit growing, shrinking, or holding steady?
Census PEP estimates show the population grew by +21 residents from 2020 to 2025, a +0.3% change. No comparable local building-permit series is available here, so population change should not be read as a housing-supply measure. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
The recent population line is broadly flat. That makes the composition of change more important than the headline count: housing turnover, household size, and age structure can shift even when the total barely moves.
Which cities make useful reference points for South Beloit?
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching. The nationwide peer panel below adds a fourth FBI UCR reporting-rate lens, not personal risk.
Within Illinois, the closest population matches are Lincolnshire (7,937 residents, $179,735 income); Silvis (7,939 residents, $67,569 income); Broadview (7,898 residents, $60,139 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Gettysburg, PA (7,929 residents); Perry, IA (7,928 residents); Wagoner, OK (7,934 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
What does the education layer cover for South Beloit?
The city has a broader matched school footprint, but count alone does not describe performance, capacity, program availability, or attendance boundaries. This profile deliberately avoids converting it into an unsupported family-friendliness score.
The NCES join finds 7 public schools within the city match. 24.6% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher in the ACS estimate. These measures answer different questions: the school count describes local institutions, while adult attainment describes residents and cannot be used as a school-quality rating.
How far does income reach against housing in South Beloit?
This is a citywide price-to-income reference, not a mortgage-affordability test; it does not include interest rates, taxes, insurance, household size, or an individual buyer's down payment. The ratio makes housing the clearest place to start this profile, but a low multiple can coexist with slow demand, older stock, or household-level hardship. Compare the home-value distribution and same-state peer table before treating it as an advantage.
The home-value-to-income reference is relatively compact: the ACS median home value is 2.0 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 10.0%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
These joined records add useful context, but they do not need another full-size panel. Each remains a separate measure with its own geography and source boundary.
Reported crime
What can the FBI record say about safety in South Beloit?
The joined FBI UCR record reports 1182.3 violent and property crimes per 100,000 residents, below the 2280.5 national reference used here. The difference is 48% lower in arithmetic terms, but agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies.
Treat this as a reporting-rate comparison, not a prediction of personal risk or a neighborhood-level safety grade. Tourism, daytime population, reporting practices, and variation inside the city are not adjusted away. The state rank and same-state peer table are the narrower comparisons available on this page.
Total reported rate
1182.3
Violent rate
165.3
Property rate
1017.0
FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, incidents per 100,000. Voluntary agency reporting; not a danger score.
What does the journey to work look like in South Beloit?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 72.2%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. No single mode completely explains the work trip here. The mix is more useful than a one-number commute grade, especially when comparing places where transit, walking, and remote work divide the non-driving share differently.
Drive alone
72.2%
Work from home
2.2%
Public transit
0.6%
City-level Census ACS commuting estimates covering 4,103 workers age 16+.
Above median income · poverty 10.0% (Above-median poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
100.0 (US=100)
Above-average cost · BEA RPP 2024, Illinois average
D
City profile score · South Beloit, IL
49/100
5 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2023
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Household income C+
$81,836
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Violent crime C
165 /100k
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents; lower is stronger on this axis.
Bachelor's+ share D
24.6%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Poverty rate D
10.0%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Cost of living D
100.0 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
South Beloit profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Household income: 61/100 (C+) · $81,836
Violent crime: 55/100 (C) · 165 /100k
Bachelor's+ share: 48/100 (D) · 24.6%
Poverty rate: 40/100 (D) · 10.0%
Cost of living: 40/100 (D) · 100.0 index
Where South Beloit sits on home value vs crime among peer cities
South Beloit's median home value and FBI crime rate plotted with similar-size and
same-state peers (padded with large cities when the peer set is thin). The second
read: pricey does not always mean safer, check which quadrant this city lands in.
Census ACS median home value vs FBI UCR crime rate - South Beloit highlighted among 9 peers.Read the chart values
South Beloit, IL (this city): home $160,800, crime 1,182/100k
Gettysburg, PA : home $237,000, crime 777/100k
Perry, IA : home $122,100, crime 985/100k
Wagoner, OK : home $138,800, crime 2,677/100k
Lincolnshire, IL : home $625,800, crime 962/100k
Silvis, IL : home $161,300, crime 3,865/100k
West Dundee, IL : home $342,900, crime 1,117/100k
Island Lake, IL : home $241,900, crime 589/100k
Round Lake Park, IL : home $157,900, crime 181/100k
How does South Beloit compare to other US cities?
Here's how South Beloit stacks up against the full field of US cities (population 1,000+), computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income63% higher than other cities
Home value30% pricier than other cities
Median rent18% pricier than other cities
Safety57% safer than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
National percentiles can mask local variation. Looking only at Illinois, South Beloit ranks #272 of 455 Illinois cities by lowest crime rate - a narrower, more locally useful cut than the national comparison above.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares South Beloit against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to Illinois only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
Illinois-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places South Beloit near the bottom of Illinois's cities
Among the 1,336 Illinois cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, South Beloit ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares South Beloit only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#387 of 1,311
70th percentile in Illinois
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 1,336
0th percentile in Illinois
Median Home Value
#452 of 1,315
65th percentile in Illinois
Poverty Rate
#455 of 1,335
65th percentile in Illinois
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#419 of 1,336
69th percentile in Illinois
How in-state ranks are ordered
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within Illinois only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
63rd percentile nationally for median household income · 57th percentile for safety (lower crime rate). Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
South Beloit's profile vs. every US city
Income, affordability, and safety percentile
South Beloit's percentile rank on 3 favorable-direction measures (income, affordability, safety) vs. every tracked US city -- higher on every axis is more favorable. Not a composite quality score, just the arithmetic mean of the axes shown.
How South Beloit's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$160,800Among the most affordablemore affordable than 70% of 15,600 US cities
Show national distribution
Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023
South Beloit's home-value-to-income ratio: 2.0×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
affordable
< 3.0×
National rank
#1,518 of 15,516
More affordable than 90% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#1,454 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 2.0×, South Beloit sits in the affordable band:
national rank #1,518 of 15,516 and #1,454 of 11,323micro cities (under 10,000).
The multiple is comparatively compact among tracked cities, but a low ratio can still coexist with slow demand or household-level hardship.
How this ratio is calculated
Ratio = Census ACS 2023 median home value ÷ median household income for cities with both fields and population ≥ 1,000.
Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0–5.0 / >5.0).
This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.
Income distribution context
$81,836South Beloit, IL median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context South Beloit, IL median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for South Beloit, IL.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)24.6%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)10.0%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)67.9%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
7,930
Median Income
$81,836
Median Home Value
$160,800
Median Age
35.7
Poverty Rate
10.0%
Labor force participation
67.9%
Bachelor's Degree+
24.6%
Safety & Crime
Total Crime Rate
1182.3
per 100,000 residents
Violent Crime
165.3
per 100,000 residents
Property Crime
1017.0
per 100,000 residents
Crime reporting caveat
Reflects incidents reported to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting program — agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies by jurisdiction and year, so this reflects reporting activity, not a definitive danger score. Not adjusted for tourism, commuter, or daytime population.
Schools
Total Schools
7
Public schools in this city
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
South Beloit's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
7,975 residents
2021
7,945 residents
2022
7,904 residents
2023
7,920 residents
2024
7,965 residents
2025
7,996 residents
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
72.2%
Carpool
21.9%
Public Transit
0.6%
Walk
0.0%
Work from Home
2.2%
Other
3.1%
Based on 4,103 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
Illinois statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $240
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across Illinois at $240 (electricity about $100 , water and sewer about $50 ).
These are Illinois statewide averages, not a meter reading for South Beloit. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
Illinois's BEA cost-of-living index is 100.0 (Near Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around South Beloit is $1,063/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to Illinois statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 54.5 / 100 (Low).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a Illinois statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county South Beloit sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How South Beloit compares to similar-size Illinois cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, FBI UCR, NCES CCD, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.