Colchester vs Industry

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

Colchester and Industry 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 633 in Industry). Colchester has the higher median household income ($62,500 vs $54,306 in Industry). Colchester has the higher median home value ($86,500 vs $82,000 in Industry).

Population, income & housing

	Colchester	Industry
Population	1,057	633
Median age	40.6 yrs	29.0 yrs
Median household income	$62,500	$54,306
Median home value	$86,500	$82,000
Median gross rent	$808	$776
Housing units	575	273
Homeownership rate	73.6%	85.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.7%	22.3%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Colchester	Industry
Population	1,553 → 1,057 (-31.9%)	425 → 633 (+48.9%)
Median household income	$43,164 → $62,500 (+44.8%)	$62,750 → $54,306 (-13.5%)
Median home value	$67,200 → $86,500 (+28.7%)	$64,100 → $82,000 (+27.9%)
Median gross rent	$663 → $808 (+21.9%)	$925 → $776 (-16.1%)

Colchester

Population

1,5531,057

Median household income

$43,164$62,500

Median home value

$67,200$86,500

Median gross rent

$663$808

Industry

Population

425633

Median household income

$62,750$54,306

Median home value

$64,100$82,000

Median gross rent

$925$776

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Colchester	Industry
Under 5	0.9%	8.4%
5 to 17	20.2%	27.2%
18 to 24	4.2%	4.9%
25 to 34	7.7%	18.2%
35 to 44	22.3%	11.7%
45 to 54	12.1%	9.2%
55 to 64	13.2%	9.6%
65 to 74	13.2%	6.2%
75 and over	6.2%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Colchester	Industry
White (non-Hispanic)	95.8%	96.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.1%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Colchester	Industry
No high school diploma	8.2%	3.2%
High school graduate	40.2%	46.7%
Some college or associate's	32.9%	27.9%
Bachelor's degree	13.8%	14.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	7.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Colchester	Industry
Drove alone	84.8%	85.5%
Carpooled	8.6%	4.6%
Public transit	1.6%	0.0%
Walked	0.3%	4.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.6%	3.1%
Other means	1.0%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Colchester	Industry
1-unit, detached	90.4%	90.8%
1-unit, attached	0.2%	3.7%
2 to 4 units	3.0%	2.9%
5 to 19 units	0.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.1%	2.6%

Poverty & households

	Colchester	Industry
Poverty rate	9.7%	15.0%
Average household size	2.11	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	16	20
Median year structure built	1959	1963