Elsah vs Fieldon

A side-by-side comparison of Elsah and Fieldon: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Elsah has the higher population (655 vs 162 in Fieldon). Elsah has the higher median household income ($83,750 vs $75,208 in Fieldon). Elsah has the higher median home value ($207,100 vs $92,100 in Fieldon).

Population, income & housing

	Elsah	Fieldon
Population	655	162
Median age	20.6 yrs	51.0 yrs
Median household income	$83,750	$75,208
Median home value	$207,100	$92,100
Median gross rent	$1,708	—
Housing units	108	120
Homeownership rate	80.9%	94.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	61.4%	5.3%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elsah	Fieldon
Population	697 → 655 (-6.0%)	214 → 162 (-24.3%)
Median household income	$90,313 → $83,750 (-7.3%)	$39,722 → $75,208 (+89.3%)
Median home value	$168,800 → $207,100 (+22.7%)	$85,300 → $92,100 (+8.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,054 → $1,708 (+62.0%)	—

Elsah

Population

697655

Median household income

$90,313$83,750

Median home value

$168,800$207,100

Median gross rent

$1,054$1,708

Fieldon

Population

214162

Median household income

$39,722$75,208

Median home value

$85,300$92,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elsah	Fieldon
Under 5	0.0%	4.9%
5 to 17	0.3%	9.9%
18 to 24	87.0%	3.7%
25 to 34	2.0%	19.1%
35 to 44	1.8%	5.6%
45 to 54	0.8%	12.3%
55 to 64	2.0%	19.1%
65 to 74	3.8%	19.1%
75 and over	2.3%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elsah	Fieldon
White (non-Hispanic)	67.2%	98.1%
Black or African American	10.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	10.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.7%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.5%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	8.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elsah	Fieldon
No high school diploma	2.4%	4.5%
High school graduate	13.3%	53.0%
Some college or associate's	22.9%	37.1%
Bachelor's degree	15.7%	3.8%
Graduate or professional degree	45.8%	1.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elsah	Fieldon
Drove alone	26.8%	91.8%
Carpooled	2.4%	2.7%
Public transit	1.2%	0.0%
Walked	51.2%	5.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.5%	0.0%
Other means	2.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elsah	Fieldon
1-unit, detached	93.5%	85.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	15.0%

Poverty & households

	Elsah	Fieldon
Poverty rate	15.8%	13.6%
Average household size	1.40	1.95
Mean commute (minutes)	11	27
Median year structure built	1951	1952