Dorchester vs Standard City

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

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

Standard City has the higher population (187 vs 185 in Dorchester). Dorchester has the higher median household income ($121,250 vs $49,583 in Standard City). Dorchester has the higher median home value ($133,300 vs $81,300 in Standard City).

Population, income & housing

	Dorchester	Standard City
Population	185	187
Median age	42.8 yrs	38.8 yrs
Median household income	$121,250	$49,583
Median home value	$133,300	$81,300
Housing units	69	78
Homeownership rate	100.0%	96.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.5%	2.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dorchester	Standard City
Population	111 → 185 (+66.7%)	198 → 187 (-5.6%)
Median household income	$51,042 → $121,250 (+137.5%)	$76,563 → $49,583 (-35.2%)
Median home value	$78,300 → $133,300 (+70.2%)	$75,400 → $81,300 (+7.8%)
Median gross rent	—	$850 → $950 (+11.8%)

Dorchester

Population

111185

Median household income

$51,042$121,250

Median home value

$78,300$133,300

Standard City

Population

198187

Median household income

$76,563$49,583

Median home value

$75,400$81,300

Median gross rent

$850$950

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dorchester	Standard City
Under 5	1.6%	13.4%
5 to 17	29.2%	18.7%
18 to 24	4.3%	5.3%
25 to 34	7.0%	11.8%
35 to 44	9.2%	6.4%
45 to 54	3.2%	14.4%
55 to 64	24.3%	5.3%
65 to 74	15.1%	19.8%
75 and over	5.9%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dorchester	Standard City
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	86.6%
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%	13.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dorchester	Standard City
No high school diploma	6.7%	7.7%
High school graduate	40.8%	58.1%
Some college or associate's	40.0%	31.6%
Bachelor's degree	5.8%	2.6%
Graduate or professional degree	6.7%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dorchester	Standard City
Drove alone	93.9%	75.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	25.0%
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	Standard City
1-unit, detached	98.6%	87.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	9.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	3.8%

Poverty & households

	Dorchester	Standard City
Poverty rate	1.1%	10.7%
Average household size	3.08	3.07
Mean commute (minutes)	34	35
Median year structure built	1947	1960