Dorchester vs Nilwood

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

Dorchester and Nilwood 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 140 in Nilwood). Dorchester has the higher median household income ($121,250 vs $46,563 in Nilwood). Dorchester has the higher median home value ($133,300 vs $44,400 in Nilwood).

Population, income & housing

	Dorchester	Nilwood
Population	185	140
Median age	42.8 yrs	52.0 yrs
Median household income	$121,250	$46,563
Median home value	$133,300	$44,400
Housing units	69	105
Homeownership rate	100.0%	94.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.5%	9.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dorchester	Nilwood
Population	111 → 185 (+66.7%)	176 → 140 (-20.5%)
Median household income	$51,042 → $121,250 (+137.5%)	$45,313 → $46,563 (+2.8%)
Median home value	$78,300 → $133,300 (+70.2%)	$59,400 → $44,400 (-25.3%)

Dorchester

Population

111185

Median household income

$51,042$121,250

Median home value

$78,300$133,300

Nilwood

Population

176140

Median household income

$45,313$46,563

Median home value

$59,400$44,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dorchester	Nilwood
Under 5	1.6%	5.7%
5 to 17	29.2%	4.3%
18 to 24	4.3%	15.0%
25 to 34	7.0%	10.0%
35 to 44	9.2%	10.0%
45 to 54	3.2%	8.6%
55 to 64	24.3%	12.9%
65 to 74	15.1%	14.3%
75 and over	5.9%	19.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dorchester	Nilwood
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	97.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dorchester	Nilwood
No high school diploma	6.7%	22.9%
High school graduate	40.8%	33.3%
Some college or associate's	40.0%	34.3%
Bachelor's degree	5.8%	9.5%
Graduate or professional degree	6.7%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dorchester	Nilwood
Drove alone	93.9%	100.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.1%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dorchester	Nilwood
1-unit, detached	98.6%	85.7%
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%	14.3%

Poverty & households

	Dorchester	Nilwood
Poverty rate	1.1%	13.6%
Average household size	3.08	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	34	28
Median year structure built	1947	1938