Eldorado vs Muddy

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

Eldorado and Muddy 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 42 in Muddy). Since 2019, Muddy's population has grown faster (-4.5% vs -9.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Eldorado	Muddy
Population	3,762	42
Median age	45.8 yrs	56.0 yrs
Median household income	$39,766	—
Median home value	$68,600	—
Median gross rent	$630	—
Housing units	2,050	21
Homeownership rate	69.5%	64.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.9%	27.6%
Unemployment rate	1.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Eldorado	Muddy
Population	4,149 → 3,762 (-9.3%)	44 → 42 (-4.5%)
Median household income	$38,721 → $39,766 (+2.7%)	—
Median home value	$44,000 → $68,600 (+55.9%)	—
Median gross rent	$642 → $630 (-1.9%)	$525 → $638 (+21.5%)

Eldorado

Population

4,1493,762

Median household income

$38,721$39,766

Median home value

$44,000$68,600

Median gross rent

$642$630

Muddy

Population

4442

Median gross rent

$525$638

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Eldorado	Muddy
Under 5	4.2%	2.4%
5 to 17	14.7%	19.0%
18 to 24	7.2%	9.5%
25 to 34	11.8%	0.0%
35 to 44	11.2%	0.0%
45 to 54	7.2%	11.9%
55 to 64	20.1%	31.0%
65 to 74	11.6%	14.3%
75 and over	12.0%	11.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Eldorado	Muddy
White (non-Hispanic)	92.6%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	1.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Eldorado	Muddy
No high school diploma	11.5%	0.0%
High school graduate	35.7%	48.3%
Some college or associate's	36.8%	24.1%
Bachelor's degree	10.3%	27.6%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Eldorado	Muddy
Drove alone	78.2%	50.0%
Carpooled	12.8%	14.3%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	2.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.6%	35.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Eldorado	Muddy
1-unit, detached	78.4%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	9.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Eldorado	Muddy
Poverty rate	20.9%	38.9%
Average household size	2.08	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	21	—
Median year structure built	1959	1955