Colchester vs Good Hope

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

Colchester and Good Hope 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 397 in Good Hope). Good Hope has the higher median household income ($69,063 vs $62,500 in Colchester). Good Hope has the higher median home value ($95,900 vs $86,500 in Colchester).

Population, income & housing

	Colchester	Good Hope
Population	1,057	397
Median age	40.6 yrs	35.3 yrs
Median household income	$62,500	$69,063
Median home value	$86,500	$95,900
Median gross rent	$808	$788
Housing units	575	174
Homeownership rate	73.6%	82.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.7%	25.3%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Colchester	Good Hope
Population	1,553 → 1,057 (-31.9%)	409 → 397 (-2.9%)
Median household income	$43,164 → $62,500 (+44.8%)	$45,625 → $69,063 (+51.4%)
Median home value	$67,200 → $86,500 (+28.7%)	$76,800 → $95,900 (+24.9%)
Median gross rent	$663 → $808 (+21.9%)	$661 → $788 (+19.2%)

Colchester

Population

1,5531,057

Median household income

$43,164$62,500

Median home value

$67,200$86,500

Median gross rent

$663$808

Good Hope

Population

409397

Median household income

$45,625$69,063

Median home value

$76,800$95,900

Median gross rent

$661$788

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Colchester	Good Hope
Under 5	0.9%	5.5%
5 to 17	20.2%	20.2%
18 to 24	4.2%	11.6%
25 to 34	7.7%	12.1%
35 to 44	22.3%	12.3%
45 to 54	12.1%	7.1%
55 to 64	13.2%	15.1%
65 to 74	13.2%	7.8%
75 and over	6.2%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Colchester	Good Hope
White (non-Hispanic)	95.8%	97.2%
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	1.1%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	2.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Colchester	Good Hope
No high school diploma	8.2%	3.2%
High school graduate	40.2%	38.2%
Some college or associate's	32.9%	33.3%
Bachelor's degree	13.8%	18.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	6.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Colchester	Good Hope
Drove alone	84.8%	87.1%
Carpooled	8.6%	3.2%
Public transit	1.6%	0.0%
Walked	0.3%	3.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.6%	4.8%
Other means	1.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Colchester	Good Hope
1-unit, detached	90.4%	83.3%
1-unit, attached	0.2%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	3.0%	5.2%
5 to 19 units	0.3%	0.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.1%	10.3%

Poverty & households

	Colchester	Good Hope
Poverty rate	9.7%	6.5%
Average household size	2.11	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	16	18
Median year structure built	1959	1968