Dorchester vs Eagarville

A side-by-side comparison of Dorchester and Eagarville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Dorchester has the higher population (185 vs 183 in Eagarville). Dorchester has the higher median household income ($121,250 vs $69,063 in Eagarville). Dorchester has the higher median home value ($133,300 vs $62,000 in Eagarville).

Population, income & housing

	Dorchester	Eagarville
Population	185	183
Median age	42.8 yrs	24.7 yrs
Median household income	$121,250	$69,063
Median home value	$133,300	$62,000
Housing units	69	63
Homeownership rate	100.0%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.5%	15.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	15.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dorchester	Eagarville
Population	111 → 185 (+66.7%)	175 → 183 (+4.6%)
Median household income	$51,042 → $121,250 (+137.5%)	$51,250 → $69,063 (+34.8%)
Median home value	$78,300 → $133,300 (+70.2%)	$62,100 → $62,000 (-0.2%)

Dorchester

Population

111185

Median household income

$51,042$121,250

Median home value

$78,300$133,300

Eagarville

Population

175183

Median household income

$51,250$69,063

Median home value

$62,100$62,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dorchester	Eagarville
Under 5	1.6%	3.3%
5 to 17	29.2%	27.3%
18 to 24	4.3%	20.8%
25 to 34	7.0%	3.8%
35 to 44	9.2%	10.9%
45 to 54	3.2%	8.2%
55 to 64	24.3%	11.5%
65 to 74	15.1%	11.5%
75 and over	5.9%	2.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dorchester	Eagarville
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	89.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.1%
Asian	0.0%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	6.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dorchester	Eagarville
No high school diploma	6.7%	11.2%
High school graduate	40.8%	47.2%
Some college or associate's	40.0%	25.8%
Bachelor's degree	5.8%	11.2%
Graduate or professional degree	6.7%	4.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dorchester	Eagarville
Drove alone	93.9%	86.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	4.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.1%	6.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dorchester	Eagarville
1-unit, detached	98.6%	88.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	11.1%

Poverty & households

	Dorchester	Eagarville
Poverty rate	1.1%	9.3%
Average household size	3.08	3.52
Mean commute (minutes)	34	19
Median year structure built	1947	1951