Eldorado vs Harrisburg

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

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

Harrisburg has the higher population (8,608 vs 3,762 in Eldorado). Harrisburg has the higher median household income ($48,488 vs $39,766 in Eldorado). Harrisburg has the higher median home value ($84,800 vs $68,600 in Eldorado).

Population, income & housing

	Eldorado	Harrisburg
Population	3,762	8,608
Median age	45.8 yrs	37.5 yrs
Median household income	$39,766	$48,488
Median home value	$68,600	$84,800
Median gross rent	$630	$717
Housing units	2,050	4,176
Homeownership rate	69.5%	62.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.9%	20.1%
Unemployment rate	1.3%	7.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Eldorado	Harrisburg
Population	4,149 → 3,762 (-9.3%)	8,994 → 8,608 (-4.3%)
Median household income	$38,721 → $39,766 (+2.7%)	$35,204 → $48,488 (+37.7%)
Median home value	$44,000 → $68,600 (+55.9%)	$69,800 → $84,800 (+21.5%)
Median gross rent	$642 → $630 (-1.9%)	$570 → $717 (+25.8%)

Eldorado

Population

4,1493,762

Median household income

$38,721$39,766

Median home value

$44,000$68,600

Median gross rent

$642$630

Harrisburg

Population

8,9948,608

Median household income

$35,204$48,488

Median home value

$69,800$84,800

Median gross rent

$570$717

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Eldorado	Harrisburg
Under 5	4.2%	8.7%
5 to 17	14.7%	14.4%
18 to 24	7.2%	7.3%
25 to 34	11.8%	15.5%
35 to 44	11.2%	9.2%
45 to 54	7.2%	11.4%
55 to 64	20.1%	12.5%
65 to 74	11.6%	12.1%
75 and over	12.0%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Eldorado	Harrisburg
White (non-Hispanic)	92.6%	91.7%
Black or African American	0.3%	3.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	1.9%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Eldorado	Harrisburg
No high school diploma	11.5%	15.2%
High school graduate	35.7%	27.1%
Some college or associate's	36.8%	37.6%
Bachelor's degree	10.3%	15.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Eldorado	Harrisburg
Drove alone	78.2%	89.5%
Carpooled	12.8%	1.9%
Public transit	0.2%	1.9%
Walked	2.2%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	6.6%	3.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Eldorado	Harrisburg
1-unit, detached	78.4%	67.2%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	4.6%	8.9%
5 to 19 units	9.5%	6.4%
20 or more units	0.6%	8.5%
Mobile home & other	6.4%	8.5%

Poverty & households

	Eldorado	Harrisburg
Poverty rate	20.9%	25.1%
Average household size	2.08	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	21	16
Median year structure built	1959	1965