Bardolph vs Colchester

A side-by-side comparison of Bardolph and Colchester: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Colchester has the higher population (1,057 vs 226 in Bardolph). Colchester has the higher median household income ($62,500 vs $26,111 in Bardolph). Colchester has the higher median home value ($86,500 vs $49,200 in Bardolph).

Population, income & housing

	Bardolph	Colchester
Population	226	1,057
Median age	50.5 yrs	40.6 yrs
Median household income	$26,111	$62,500
Median home value	$49,200	$86,500
Median gross rent	—	$808
Housing units	152	575
Homeownership rate	91.9%	73.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.3%	18.7%
Unemployment rate	7.1%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bardolph	Colchester
Population	289 → 226 (-21.8%)	1,553 → 1,057 (-31.9%)
Median household income	$25,833 → $26,111 (+1.1%)	$43,164 → $62,500 (+44.8%)
Median home value	$28,600 → $49,200 (+72.0%)	$67,200 → $86,500 (+28.7%)
Median gross rent	—	$663 → $808 (+21.9%)

Bardolph

Population

289226

Median household income

$25,833$26,111

Median home value

$28,600$49,200

Colchester

Population

1,5531,057

Median household income

$43,164$62,500

Median home value

$67,200$86,500

Median gross rent

$663$808

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bardolph	Colchester
Under 5	5.3%	0.9%
5 to 17	12.4%	20.2%
18 to 24	9.3%	4.2%
25 to 34	11.9%	7.7%
35 to 44	8.0%	22.3%
45 to 54	7.1%	12.1%
55 to 64	22.6%	13.2%
65 to 74	17.3%	13.2%
75 and over	6.2%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bardolph	Colchester
White (non-Hispanic)	96.5%	95.8%
Black or African American	0.9%	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	0.9%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.8%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bardolph	Colchester
No high school diploma	15.8%	8.2%
High school graduate	49.1%	40.2%
Some college or associate's	24.8%	32.9%
Bachelor's degree	6.7%	13.8%
Graduate or professional degree	3.6%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bardolph	Colchester
Drove alone	63.1%	84.8%
Carpooled	24.3%	8.6%
Public transit	0.0%	1.6%
Walked	0.0%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.6%	3.6%
Other means	0.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bardolph	Colchester
1-unit, detached	77.6%	90.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.2%
2 to 4 units	8.6%	3.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	13.8%	6.1%

Poverty & households

	Bardolph	Colchester
Poverty rate	25.2%	9.7%
Average household size	1.82	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	15	16
Median year structure built	1955	1959