Eagarville vs Nilwood

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

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

Eagarville has the higher population (183 vs 140 in Nilwood). Eagarville has the higher median household income ($69,063 vs $46,563 in Nilwood). Eagarville has the higher median home value ($62,000 vs $44,400 in Nilwood).

Population, income & housing

	Eagarville	Nilwood
Population	183	140
Median age	24.7 yrs	52.0 yrs
Median household income	$69,063	$46,563
Median home value	$62,000	$44,400
Housing units	63	105
Homeownership rate	100.0%	94.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.7%	9.5%
Unemployment rate	15.1%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Eagarville	Nilwood
Population	175 → 183 (+4.6%)	176 → 140 (-20.5%)
Median household income	$51,250 → $69,063 (+34.8%)	$45,313 → $46,563 (+2.8%)
Median home value	$62,100 → $62,000 (-0.2%)	$59,400 → $44,400 (-25.3%)

Eagarville

Population

175183

Median household income

$51,250$69,063

Median home value

$62,100$62,000

Nilwood

Population

176140

Median household income

$45,313$46,563

Median home value

$59,400$44,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Eagarville	Nilwood
Under 5	3.3%	5.7%
5 to 17	27.3%	4.3%
18 to 24	20.8%	15.0%
25 to 34	3.8%	10.0%
35 to 44	10.9%	10.0%
45 to 54	8.2%	8.6%
55 to 64	11.5%	12.9%
65 to 74	11.5%	14.3%
75 and over	2.7%	19.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Eagarville	Nilwood
White (non-Hispanic)	89.6%	97.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	6.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Eagarville	Nilwood
No high school diploma	11.2%	22.9%
High school graduate	47.2%	33.3%
Some college or associate's	25.8%	34.3%
Bachelor's degree	11.2%	9.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.5%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Eagarville	Nilwood
Drove alone	86.3%	100.0%
Carpooled	4.1%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.8%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Eagarville	Nilwood
1-unit, detached	88.9%	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	11.1%	14.3%

Poverty & households

	Eagarville	Nilwood
Poverty rate	9.3%	13.6%
Average household size	3.52	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	19	28
Median year structure built	1951	1938