Detroit vs El Dara

A side-by-side comparison of Detroit and El Dara: population, income, housing, and more.

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

El Dara has the higher population (100 vs 31 in Detroit). Detroit has the higher median home value ($74,200 vs $71,700 in El Dara). Since 2019, El Dara's population has grown faster (+38.9% vs +10.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Detroit	El Dara
Population	31	100
Median age	57.2 yrs	29.0 yrs
Median household income	—	$56,667
Median home value	$74,200	$71,700
Housing units	23	31
Homeownership rate	100.0%	80.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	23.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Detroit	El Dara
Population	28 → 31 (+10.7%)	72 → 100 (+38.9%)
Median household income	—	$96,964 → $56,667 (-41.6%)
Median home value	$63,300 → $74,200 (+17.2%)	$47,000 → $71,700 (+52.6%)

Detroit

Population

2831

Median home value

$63,300$74,200

El Dara

Population

72100

Median household income

$96,964$56,667

Median home value

$47,000$71,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Detroit	El Dara
Under 5	0.0%	19.0%
5 to 17	0.0%	24.0%
18 to 24	6.5%	6.0%
25 to 34	12.9%	3.0%
35 to 44	0.0%	10.0%
45 to 54	25.8%	28.0%
55 to 64	32.3%	4.0%
65 to 74	19.4%	6.0%
75 and over	3.2%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Detroit	El Dara
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	91.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	7.0%
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	0.0%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Detroit	El Dara
No high school diploma	48.3%	21.6%
High school graduate	31.0%	41.2%
Some college or associate's	20.7%	13.7%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	17.6%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Detroit	El Dara
Drove alone	93.3%	30.0%
Carpooled	6.7%	60.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	10.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Detroit	El Dara
1-unit, detached	87.0%	96.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	13.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Detroit	El Dara
Poverty rate	19.4%	12.0%
Average household size	2.07	5.00
Mean commute (minutes)	34	—
Median year structure built	1956	1938