Camp Point vs Golden

A side-by-side comparison of Camp Point and Golden: population, income, housing, and more.

Camp Point and Golden are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Camp Point has the higher population (1,197 vs 711 in Golden). Camp Point has the higher median household income ($58,438 vs $55,875 in Golden). Golden has the higher median home value ($125,500 vs $111,700 in Camp Point).

Population, income & housing

	Camp Point	Golden
Population	1,197	711
Median age	36.4 yrs	34.3 yrs
Median household income	$58,438	$55,875
Median home value	$111,700	$125,500
Median gross rent	$696	$713
Housing units	493	334
Homeownership rate	68.4%	77.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.3%	28.3%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Camp Point	Golden
Population	1,054 → 1,197 (+13.6%)	597 → 711 (+19.1%)
Median household income	$51,513 → $58,438 (+13.4%)	$51,000 → $55,875 (+9.6%)
Median home value	$107,400 → $111,700 (+4.0%)	$82,700 → $125,500 (+51.8%)
Median gross rent	$565 → $696 (+23.2%)	$467 → $713 (+52.7%)

Camp Point

Population

1,0541,197

Median household income

$51,513$58,438

Median home value

$107,400$111,700

Median gross rent

$565$696

Golden

Population

597711

Median household income

$51,000$55,875

Median home value

$82,700$125,500

Median gross rent

$467$713

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Camp Point	Golden
Under 5	8.2%	10.8%
5 to 17	22.2%	14.8%
18 to 24	5.8%	8.9%
25 to 34	11.2%	16.6%
35 to 44	12.1%	7.6%
45 to 54	8.4%	7.2%
55 to 64	10.0%	10.7%
65 to 74	5.9%	11.1%
75 and over	16.1%	12.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Camp Point	Golden
White (non-Hispanic)	93.1%	98.6%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.4%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	5.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Camp Point	Golden
No high school diploma	3.5%	9.7%
High school graduate	42.7%	27.3%
Some college or associate's	31.5%	34.8%
Bachelor's degree	16.2%	20.8%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	7.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Camp Point	Golden
Drove alone	85.3%	91.5%
Carpooled	9.6%	6.2%
Public transit	0.9%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.4%	1.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Camp Point	Golden
1-unit, detached	78.1%	91.6%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	13.6%	5.4%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.5%	2.4%

Poverty & households

	Camp Point	Golden
Poverty rate	12.7%	9.1%
Average household size	2.51	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	22	29
Median year structure built	1960	1956