About Elsah

Elsah is a tiny village located in the state of Illinois. With a population of 625 people and just one neighborhood, Elsah is the 648th largest community in Illinois.

Elsah is a decidedly white-collar village, with fully 93.40% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Elsah is a village of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Elsah who work in office and administrative support jobs (33.74%), teaching (11.98%), and sales jobs (9.54%).

Also of interest is that Elsah has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Of important note, Elsah is also a village of artists. Elsah has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Elsah's character.

Elsah is a small town with a large college student population. Because of this, there is a real youthful, hip vibe to the place, and much of the life in the town is centered on the college. This has helped Elsah to buck the trend of other small towns that have suffered declining populations over the past 20 to 30 years. Spending by students, and faculty and staff jobs, are a big part of the local economy.

Residents of the village have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 9.86 minutes getting to work every day.

As is often the case in a small village, Elsah doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

Elsah Information and Demographics

If knowledge is power, Elsah is a pretty powerful place. 66.39% of the adults in Elsah have earned a 4-year college degree, masters degree, MD, law degree, or even PhD. Compare that to the national average of 14.96% for all cities and towns.

The per capita income in Elsah in 2000 was $13,154, which is low income relative to Illinois and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $52,616 for a family of four. However, Elsah contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Elsah also has one of the lowest poverty rates in America, with just 0% of the people in Elsah living in poverty.

Elsah is a somewhat ethnically-diverse village. The people who call Elsah home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Elsah is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Elsah include German, English, Scottish, Irish, Scotch-Irish, Swedish, Norwegian, Nigerian, and African.

The languages spoken by people in Elsah are also diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in Elsah is English. Other important languages spoken here include African, Spanish, and French.