Carrier Mills vs Eldorado

A side-by-side comparison of Carrier Mills and Eldorado: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Eldorado has the higher population (3,762 vs 1,702 in Carrier Mills). Carrier Mills has the higher median household income ($50,269 vs $39,766 in Eldorado). Eldorado has the higher median home value ($68,600 vs $57,300 in Carrier Mills).

Population, income & housing

	Carrier Mills	Eldorado
Population	1,702	3,762
Median age	40.5 yrs	45.8 yrs
Median household income	$50,269	$39,766
Median home value	$57,300	$68,600
Median gross rent	$525	$630
Housing units	913	2,050
Homeownership rate	77.7%	69.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.0%	15.9%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carrier Mills	Eldorado
Population	1,827 → 1,702 (-6.8%)	4,149 → 3,762 (-9.3%)
Median household income	$38,194 → $50,269 (+31.6%)	$38,721 → $39,766 (+2.7%)
Median home value	$59,800 → $57,300 (-4.2%)	$44,000 → $68,600 (+55.9%)
Median gross rent	$639 → $525 (-17.8%)	$642 → $630 (-1.9%)

Carrier Mills

Population

1,8271,702

Median household income

$38,194$50,269

Median home value

$59,800$57,300

Median gross rent

$639$525

Eldorado

Population

4,1493,762

Median household income

$38,721$39,766

Median home value

$44,000$68,600

Median gross rent

$642$630

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carrier Mills	Eldorado
Under 5	8.8%	4.2%
5 to 17	14.9%	14.7%
18 to 24	5.3%	7.2%
25 to 34	9.3%	11.8%
35 to 44	14.7%	11.2%
45 to 54	9.8%	7.2%
55 to 64	21.0%	20.1%
65 to 74	10.0%	11.6%
75 and over	6.1%	12.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carrier Mills	Eldorado
White (non-Hispanic)	68.9%	92.6%
Black or African American	17.5%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	3.9%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	1.8%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	8.0%	3.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carrier Mills	Eldorado
No high school diploma	9.3%	11.5%
High school graduate	41.6%	35.7%
Some college or associate's	39.1%	36.8%
Bachelor's degree	6.7%	10.3%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carrier Mills	Eldorado
Drove alone	97.0%	78.2%
Carpooled	2.1%	12.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	0.9%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	6.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carrier Mills	Eldorado
1-unit, detached	80.9%	78.4%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	5.9%	4.6%
5 to 19 units	2.2%	9.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	10.6%	6.4%

Poverty & households

	Carrier Mills	Eldorado
Poverty rate	25.7%	20.9%
Average household size	2.35	2.08
Mean commute (minutes)	30	21
Median year structure built	1955	1959