Eldorado vs Raleigh

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

Eldorado and Raleigh 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 238 in Raleigh). Raleigh has the higher median household income ($52,083 vs $39,766 in Eldorado). Raleigh has the higher median home value ($70,600 vs $68,600 in Eldorado).

Population, income & housing

	Eldorado	Raleigh
Population	3,762	238
Median age	45.8 yrs	53.5 yrs
Median household income	$39,766	$52,083
Median home value	$68,600	$70,600
Median gross rent	$630	$675
Housing units	2,050	159
Homeownership rate	69.5%	87.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.9%	10.1%
Unemployment rate	1.3%	8.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Eldorado	Raleigh
Population	4,149 → 3,762 (-9.3%)	302 → 238 (-21.2%)
Median household income	$38,721 → $39,766 (+2.7%)	$40,625 → $52,083 (+28.2%)
Median home value	$44,000 → $68,600 (+55.9%)	$66,300 → $70,600 (+6.5%)
Median gross rent	$642 → $630 (-1.9%)	$575 → $675 (+17.4%)

Eldorado

Population

4,1493,762

Median household income

$38,721$39,766

Median home value

$44,000$68,600

Median gross rent

$642$630

Raleigh

Population

302238

Median household income

$40,625$52,083

Median home value

$66,300$70,600

Median gross rent

$575$675

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Eldorado	Raleigh
Under 5	4.2%	2.1%
5 to 17	14.7%	12.6%
18 to 24	7.2%	5.9%
25 to 34	11.8%	5.9%
35 to 44	11.2%	11.8%
45 to 54	7.2%	12.2%
55 to 64	20.1%	23.5%
65 to 74	11.6%	16.0%
75 and over	12.0%	10.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Eldorado	Raleigh
White (non-Hispanic)	92.6%	97.1%
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%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Eldorado	Raleigh
No high school diploma	11.5%	9.5%
High school graduate	35.7%	53.4%
Some college or associate's	36.8%	27.0%
Bachelor's degree	10.3%	10.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Eldorado	Raleigh
Drove alone	78.2%	97.2%
Carpooled	12.8%	0.9%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	2.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.6%	1.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Eldorado	Raleigh
1-unit, detached	78.4%	78.0%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.6%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	9.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.4%	19.5%

Poverty & households

	Eldorado	Raleigh
Poverty rate	20.9%	13.9%
Average household size	2.08	2.05
Mean commute (minutes)	21	22
Median year structure built	1959	1962