Arcola vs Camargo

A side-by-side comparison of Arcola and Camargo: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Arcola has the higher population (2,867 vs 462 in Camargo). Arcola has the higher median household income ($85,697 vs $60,417 in Camargo). Arcola has the higher median home value ($122,800 vs $122,000 in Camargo).

Population, income & housing

	Arcola	Camargo
Population	2,867	462
Median age	35.8 yrs	40.5 yrs
Median household income	$85,697	$60,417
Median home value	$122,800	$122,000
Median gross rent	$819	$531
Housing units	1,027	252
Homeownership rate	75.3%	78.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.8%	14.7%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arcola	Camargo
Population	2,731 → 2,867 (+5.0%)	565 → 462 (-18.2%)
Median household income	$47,297 → $85,697 (+81.2%)	$65,417 → $60,417 (-7.6%)
Median home value	$95,900 → $122,800 (+28.1%)	$121,400 → $122,000 (+0.5%)
Median gross rent	$721 → $819 (+13.6%)	$783 → $531 (-32.2%)

Arcola

Population

2,7312,867

Median household income

$47,297$85,697

Median home value

$95,900$122,800

Median gross rent

$721$819

Camargo

Population

565462

Median household income

$65,417$60,417

Median home value

$121,400$122,000

Median gross rent

$783$531

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arcola	Camargo
Under 5	6.9%	5.4%
5 to 17	19.3%	21.0%
18 to 24	10.1%	4.3%
25 to 34	10.5%	9.3%
35 to 44	17.5%	14.3%
45 to 54	9.0%	9.1%
55 to 64	14.0%	15.4%
65 to 74	6.8%	18.0%
75 and over	5.8%	3.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arcola	Camargo
White (non-Hispanic)	50.6%	97.2%
Black or African American	2.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.6%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	45.8%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arcola	Camargo
No high school diploma	18.0%	5.0%
High school graduate	29.9%	50.0%
Some college or associate's	33.3%	30.3%
Bachelor's degree	10.0%	11.3%
Graduate or professional degree	8.8%	3.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arcola	Camargo
Drove alone	71.0%	83.1%
Carpooled	19.9%	5.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.8%	10.4%
Other means	1.3%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arcola	Camargo
1-unit, detached	81.1%	75.0%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.6%	14.7%
5 to 19 units	2.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.9%	10.3%

Poverty & households

	Arcola	Camargo
Poverty rate	10.6%	6.9%
Average household size	2.91	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	14	27
Median year structure built	1970	1973