Bushnell vs Colchester

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

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

Bushnell has the higher population (2,763 vs 1,057 in Colchester). Colchester has the higher median household income ($62,500 vs $55,368 in Bushnell). Colchester has the higher median home value ($86,500 vs $69,100 in Bushnell).

Population, income & housing

	Bushnell	Colchester
Population	2,763	1,057
Median age	42.5 yrs	40.6 yrs
Median household income	$55,368	$62,500
Median home value	$69,100	$86,500
Median gross rent	$619	$808
Housing units	1,475	575
Homeownership rate	67.8%	73.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.0%	18.7%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bushnell	Colchester
Population	2,775 → 2,763 (-0.4%)	1,553 → 1,057 (-31.9%)
Median household income	$45,833 → $55,368 (+20.8%)	$43,164 → $62,500 (+44.8%)
Median home value	$71,900 → $69,100 (-3.9%)	$67,200 → $86,500 (+28.7%)
Median gross rent	$446 → $619 (+38.8%)	$663 → $808 (+21.9%)

Bushnell

Population

2,7752,763

Median household income

$45,833$55,368

Median home value

$71,900$69,100

Median gross rent

$446$619

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)

	Bushnell	Colchester
Under 5	9.3%	0.9%
5 to 17	12.4%	20.2%
18 to 24	9.6%	4.2%
25 to 34	9.5%	7.7%
35 to 44	12.0%	22.3%
45 to 54	14.7%	12.1%
55 to 64	14.3%	13.2%
65 to 74	10.7%	13.2%
75 and over	7.4%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bushnell	Colchester
White (non-Hispanic)	95.2%	95.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	3.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bushnell	Colchester
No high school diploma	10.5%	8.2%
High school graduate	47.8%	40.2%
Some college or associate's	28.6%	32.9%
Bachelor's degree	9.7%	13.8%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bushnell	Colchester
Drove alone	84.2%	84.8%
Carpooled	5.8%	8.6%
Public transit	2.1%	1.6%
Walked	2.8%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.3%	3.6%
Other means	0.8%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bushnell	Colchester
1-unit, detached	82.4%	90.4%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	0.2%
2 to 4 units	11.2%	3.0%
5 to 19 units	3.3%	0.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	6.1%

Poverty & households

	Bushnell	Colchester
Poverty rate	12.1%	9.7%
Average household size	2.32	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	33	16
Median year structure built	1951	1959