Colchester vs Macomb

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

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

Macomb has the higher population (15,006 vs 1,057 in Colchester). Colchester has the higher median household income ($62,500 vs $39,753 in Macomb). Macomb has the higher median home value ($99,800 vs $86,500 in Colchester).

Population, income & housing

	Colchester	Macomb
Population	1,057	15,006
Median age	40.6 yrs	27.7 yrs
Median household income	$62,500	$39,753
Median home value	$86,500	$99,800
Median gross rent	$808	$733
Housing units	575	7,368
Homeownership rate	73.6%	46.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.7%	35.4%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	12.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Colchester	Macomb
Population	1,553 → 1,057 (-31.9%)	17,857 → 15,006 (-16.0%)
Median household income	$43,164 → $62,500 (+44.8%)	$39,384 → $39,753 (+0.9%)
Median home value	$67,200 → $86,500 (+28.7%)	$101,400 → $99,800 (-1.6%)
Median gross rent	$663 → $808 (+21.9%)	$688 → $733 (+6.5%)

Colchester

Population

1,5531,057

Median household income

$43,164$62,500

Median home value

$67,200$86,500

Median gross rent

$663$808

Macomb

Population

17,85715,006

Median household income

$39,384$39,753

Median home value

$101,400$99,800

Median gross rent

$688$733

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Colchester	Macomb
Under 5	0.9%	2.6%
5 to 17	20.2%	11.7%
18 to 24	4.2%	30.8%
25 to 34	7.7%	12.8%
35 to 44	22.3%	10.0%
45 to 54	12.1%	6.0%
55 to 64	13.2%	9.5%
65 to 74	13.2%	8.9%
75 and over	6.2%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Colchester	Macomb
White (non-Hispanic)	95.8%	79.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	9.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	1.1%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	5.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Colchester	Macomb
No high school diploma	8.2%	5.4%
High school graduate	40.2%	30.1%
Some college or associate's	32.9%	29.2%
Bachelor's degree	13.8%	17.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	18.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Colchester	Macomb
Drove alone	84.8%	74.3%
Carpooled	8.6%	8.5%
Public transit	1.6%	0.3%
Walked	0.3%	8.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.3%
Worked from home	3.6%	6.8%
Other means	1.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Colchester	Macomb
1-unit, detached	90.4%	50.2%
1-unit, attached	0.2%	4.7%
2 to 4 units	3.0%	10.2%
5 to 19 units	0.3%	20.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	10.8%
Mobile home & other	6.1%	4.0%

Poverty & households

	Colchester	Macomb
Poverty rate	9.7%	29.5%
Average household size	2.11	1.95
Mean commute (minutes)	16	15
Median year structure built	1959	1968