Eldred vs Roodhouse

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

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

Roodhouse has the higher population (1,662 vs 184 in Eldred). Eldred has the higher median household income ($67,500 vs $51,667 in Roodhouse). Eldred has the higher median home value ($82,800 vs $70,300 in Roodhouse).

Population, income & housing

	Eldred	Roodhouse
Population	184	1,662
Median age	51.7 yrs	46.9 yrs
Median household income	$67,500	$51,667
Median home value	$82,800	$70,300
Median gross rent	$542	$703
Housing units	113	835
Homeownership rate	84.4%	84.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.9%	7.8%
Unemployment rate	0.9%	11.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Eldred	Roodhouse
Population	186 → 184 (-1.1%)	1,757 → 1,662 (-5.4%)
Median household income	$25,682 → $67,500 (+162.8%)	$35,227 → $51,667 (+46.7%)
Median home value	$60,000 → $82,800 (+38.0%)	$56,000 → $70,300 (+25.5%)
Median gross rent	—	$676 → $703 (+4.0%)

Eldred

Population

186184

Median household income

$25,682$67,500

Median home value

$60,000$82,800

Roodhouse

Population

1,7571,662

Median household income

$35,227$51,667

Median home value

$56,000$70,300

Median gross rent

$676$703

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Eldred	Roodhouse
Under 5	3.8%	3.1%
5 to 17	3.3%	18.4%
18 to 24	3.8%	9.1%
25 to 34	10.3%	6.9%
35 to 44	6.0%	10.5%
45 to 54	34.8%	15.1%
55 to 64	8.7%	15.3%
65 to 74	18.5%	14.6%
75 and over	10.9%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Eldred	Roodhouse
White (non-Hispanic)	95.1%	98.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Eldred	Roodhouse
No high school diploma	4.9%	9.5%
High school graduate	67.7%	49.4%
Some college or associate's	22.6%	33.3%
Bachelor's degree	4.9%	6.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	1.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Eldred	Roodhouse
Drove alone	94.4%	85.7%
Carpooled	4.6%	10.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.9%	3.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Eldred	Roodhouse
1-unit, detached	86.7%	86.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.3%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	0.9%	0.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.1%	11.1%

Poverty & households

	Eldred	Roodhouse
Poverty rate	7.1%	23.7%
Average household size	1.92	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	44	28
Median year structure built	1938	1953