Cerro Gordo vs Mansfield

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

Cerro Gordo and Mansfield 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 890 in Mansfield). Mansfield has the higher median household income ($72,500 vs $69,118 in Cerro Gordo). Mansfield has the higher median home value ($133,600 vs $108,000 in Cerro Gordo).

Population, income & housing

	Cerro Gordo	Mansfield
Population	1,426	890
Median age	33.7 yrs	46.9 yrs
Median household income	$69,118	$72,500
Median home value	$108,000	$133,600
Median gross rent	$875	$1,057
Housing units	566	494
Homeownership rate	78.2%	80.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.6%	10.5%
Unemployment rate	6.8%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cerro Gordo	Mansfield
Population	1,501 → 1,426 (-5.0%)	873 → 890 (+1.9%)
Median household income	$55,089 → $69,118 (+25.5%)	$59,226 → $72,500 (+22.4%)
Median home value	$92,100 → $108,000 (+17.3%)	$125,600 → $133,600 (+6.4%)
Median gross rent	$650 → $875 (+34.6%)	$863 → $1,057 (+22.5%)

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

Mansfield

Population

873890

Median household income

$59,226$72,500

Median home value

$125,600$133,600

Median gross rent

$863$1,057

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cerro Gordo	Mansfield
Under 5	7.7%	2.7%
5 to 17	23.8%	12.2%
18 to 24	8.8%	9.4%
25 to 34	10.7%	9.7%
35 to 44	11.9%	12.6%
45 to 54	13.7%	20.8%
55 to 64	9.6%	16.3%
65 to 74	5.8%	11.5%
75 and over	8.0%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cerro Gordo	Mansfield
White (non-Hispanic)	93.8%	96.1%
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	2.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.4%	3.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cerro Gordo	Mansfield
No high school diploma	2.4%	6.8%
High school graduate	38.4%	43.4%
Some college or associate's	41.6%	39.2%
Bachelor's degree	12.3%	5.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.3%	4.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cerro Gordo	Mansfield
Drove alone	85.5%	84.9%
Carpooled	5.2%	5.0%
Public transit	0.0%	2.2%
Walked	0.0%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.7%	6.0%
Other means	0.6%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cerro Gordo	Mansfield
1-unit, detached	89.8%	82.8%
1-unit, attached	3.0%	4.9%
2 to 4 units	2.3%	7.3%
5 to 19 units	3.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.6%	5.1%

Poverty & households

	Cerro Gordo	Mansfield
Poverty rate	11.3%	7.0%
Average household size	2.66	2.12
Mean commute (minutes)	21	26
Median year structure built	1960	1965