Atwood vs Cerro Gordo

A side-by-side comparison of Atwood and Cerro Gordo: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Cerro Gordo has the higher population (1,426 vs 976 in Atwood). Cerro Gordo has the higher median household income ($69,118 vs $58,875 in Atwood). Atwood has the higher median home value ($119,500 vs $108,000 in Cerro Gordo).

Population, income & housing

	Atwood	Cerro Gordo
Population	976	1,426
Median age	38.6 yrs	33.7 yrs
Median household income	$58,875	$69,118
Median home value	$119,500	$108,000
Median gross rent	$743	$875
Housing units	501	566
Homeownership rate	83.8%	78.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.1%	17.6%
Unemployment rate	0.5%	6.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Atwood	Cerro Gordo
Population	946 → 976 (+3.2%)	1,501 → 1,426 (-5.0%)
Median household income	$41,741 → $58,875 (+41.0%)	$55,089 → $69,118 (+25.5%)
Median home value	$85,800 → $119,500 (+39.3%)	$92,100 → $108,000 (+17.3%)
Median gross rent	$587 → $743 (+26.6%)	$650 → $875 (+34.6%)

Atwood

Population

946976

Median household income

$41,741$58,875

Median home value

$85,800$119,500

Median gross rent

$587$743

Cerro Gordo

Population

1,5011,426

Median household income

$55,089$69,118

Median home value

$92,100$108,000

Median gross rent

$650$875

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Atwood	Cerro Gordo
Under 5	6.5%	7.7%
5 to 17	19.1%	23.8%
18 to 24	5.9%	8.8%
25 to 34	7.8%	10.7%
35 to 44	18.9%	11.9%
45 to 54	11.2%	13.7%
55 to 64	9.9%	9.6%
65 to 74	10.3%	5.8%
75 and over	10.5%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Atwood	Cerro Gordo
White (non-Hispanic)	99.4%	93.8%
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%	2.0%
Two or more races	0.6%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Atwood	Cerro Gordo
No high school diploma	4.3%	2.4%
High school graduate	49.9%	38.4%
Some college or associate's	29.6%	41.6%
Bachelor's degree	10.9%	12.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	5.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Atwood	Cerro Gordo
Drove alone	79.8%	85.5%
Carpooled	3.3%	5.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.1%	8.7%
Other means	0.9%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Atwood	Cerro Gordo
1-unit, detached	90.6%	89.8%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.3%
5 to 19 units	4.2%	3.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.4%	1.6%

Poverty & households

	Atwood	Cerro Gordo
Poverty rate	7.4%	11.3%
Average household size	2.23	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	23	21
Median year structure built	1963	1960