Eddyville vs Golconda

A side-by-side comparison of Eddyville and Golconda: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Golconda has the higher population (755 vs 48 in Eddyville). Eddyville has the higher median household income ($60,938 vs $41,250 in Golconda). Since 2019, Golconda's population has grown faster (-8.5% vs -51.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Eddyville	Golconda
Population	48	755
Median age	59.6 yrs	58.4 yrs
Median household income	$60,938	$41,250
Median home value	—	$85,000
Median gross rent	$419	$383
Housing units	38	329
Homeownership rate	60.9%	56.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.7%	12.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	13.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Eddyville	Golconda
Population	98 → 48 (-51.0%)	825 → 755 (-8.5%)
Median household income	$26,406 → $60,938 (+130.8%)	$26,736 → $41,250 (+54.3%)
Median home value	—	$88,200 → $85,000 (-3.6%)
Median gross rent	$313 → $419 (+33.9%)	$282 → $383 (+35.8%)

Eddyville

Population

9848

Median household income

$26,406$60,938

Median gross rent

$313$419

Golconda

Population

825755

Median household income

$26,736$41,250

Median home value

$88,200$85,000

Median gross rent

$282$383

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Eddyville	Golconda
Under 5	12.5%	2.1%
5 to 17	8.3%	4.6%
18 to 24	8.3%	5.7%
25 to 34	0.0%	9.3%
35 to 44	10.4%	6.1%
45 to 54	0.0%	10.6%
55 to 64	35.4%	34.7%
65 to 74	20.8%	14.6%
75 and over	4.2%	12.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Eddyville	Golconda
White (non-Hispanic)	85.4%	80.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	13.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	14.6%	5.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Eddyville	Golconda
No high school diploma	0.0%	16.0%
High school graduate	26.5%	51.0%
Some college or associate's	58.8%	20.3%
Bachelor's degree	14.7%	9.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	2.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Eddyville	Golconda
Drove alone	87.1%	84.8%
Carpooled	6.5%	4.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.5%	10.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Eddyville	Golconda
1-unit, detached	55.3%	65.7%
1-unit, attached	5.3%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	15.8%	17.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	23.7%	10.6%

Poverty & households

	Eddyville	Golconda
Poverty rate	6.3%	33.4%
Average household size	2.09	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	31	18
Median year structure built	1995	1946