Blandinsville vs Colchester

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

Blandinsville 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 715 in Blandinsville). Colchester has the higher median household income ($62,500 vs $52,500 in Blandinsville). Colchester has the higher median home value ($86,500 vs $65,400 in Blandinsville).

Population, income & housing

	Blandinsville	Colchester
Population	715	1,057
Median age	40.4 yrs	40.6 yrs
Median household income	$52,500	$62,500
Median home value	$65,400	$86,500
Median gross rent	$691	$808
Housing units	348	575
Homeownership rate	84.4%	73.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.9%	18.7%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blandinsville	Colchester
Population	752 → 715 (-4.9%)	1,553 → 1,057 (-31.9%)
Median household income	$47,153 → $52,500 (+11.3%)	$43,164 → $62,500 (+44.8%)
Median home value	$68,300 → $65,400 (-4.2%)	$67,200 → $86,500 (+28.7%)
Median gross rent	$569 → $691 (+21.4%)	$663 → $808 (+21.9%)

Blandinsville

Population

752715

Median household income

$47,153$52,500

Median home value

$68,300$65,400

Median gross rent

$569$691

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)

	Blandinsville	Colchester
Under 5	8.5%	0.9%
5 to 17	17.5%	20.2%
18 to 24	4.3%	4.2%
25 to 34	13.6%	7.7%
35 to 44	8.4%	22.3%
45 to 54	12.0%	12.1%
55 to 64	13.7%	13.2%
65 to 74	11.5%	13.2%
75 and over	10.5%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blandinsville	Colchester
White (non-Hispanic)	93.0%	95.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.3%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	3.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blandinsville	Colchester
No high school diploma	4.0%	8.2%
High school graduate	42.8%	40.2%
Some college or associate's	38.4%	32.9%
Bachelor's degree	11.6%	13.8%
Graduate or professional degree	3.2%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blandinsville	Colchester
Drove alone	84.9%	84.8%
Carpooled	8.5%	8.6%
Public transit	0.0%	1.6%
Walked	3.0%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.6%	3.6%
Other means	0.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blandinsville	Colchester
1-unit, detached	86.2%	90.4%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	0.2%
2 to 4 units	4.6%	3.0%
5 to 19 units	3.2%	0.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.7%	6.1%

Poverty & households

	Blandinsville	Colchester
Poverty rate	10.6%	9.7%
Average household size	2.48	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	29	16
Median year structure built	1940	1959