Carrollton vs Eldred

A side-by-side comparison of Carrollton and Eldred: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Carrollton has the higher population (2,528 vs 184 in Eldred). Eldred has the higher median household income ($67,500 vs $64,464 in Carrollton). Carrollton has the higher median home value ($114,100 vs $82,800 in Eldred).

Population, income & housing

	Carrollton	Eldred
Population	2,528	184
Median age	36.9 yrs	51.7 yrs
Median household income	$64,464	$67,500
Median home value	$114,100	$82,800
Median gross rent	$920	$542
Housing units	1,138	113
Homeownership rate	65.8%	84.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.5%	4.9%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	0.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carrollton	Eldred
Population	2,544 → 2,528 (-0.6%)	186 → 184 (-1.1%)
Median household income	$56,523 → $64,464 (+14.0%)	$25,682 → $67,500 (+162.8%)
Median home value	$89,300 → $114,100 (+27.8%)	$60,000 → $82,800 (+38.0%)
Median gross rent	$721 → $920 (+27.6%)	—

Carrollton

Population

2,5442,528

Median household income

$56,523$64,464

Median home value

$89,300$114,100

Median gross rent

$721$920

Eldred

Population

186184

Median household income

$25,682$67,500

Median home value

$60,000$82,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carrollton	Eldred
Under 5	10.0%	3.8%
5 to 17	15.5%	3.3%
18 to 24	10.2%	3.8%
25 to 34	12.8%	10.3%
35 to 44	9.7%	6.0%
45 to 54	13.1%	34.8%
55 to 64	11.4%	8.7%
65 to 74	10.3%	18.5%
75 and over	7.0%	10.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carrollton	Eldred
White (non-Hispanic)	93.0%	95.1%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.4%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carrollton	Eldred
No high school diploma	9.0%	4.9%
High school graduate	36.1%	67.7%
Some college or associate's	35.4%	22.6%
Bachelor's degree	13.0%	4.9%
Graduate or professional degree	6.5%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carrollton	Eldred
Drove alone	76.2%	94.4%
Carpooled	10.7%	4.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.7%	0.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carrollton	Eldred
1-unit, detached	82.2%	86.7%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.1%	5.3%
5 to 19 units	4.2%	0.9%
20 or more units	0.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.6%	7.1%

Poverty & households

	Carrollton	Eldred
Poverty rate	10.2%	7.1%
Average household size	2.72	1.92
Mean commute (minutes)	24	44
Median year structure built	1960	1938