Eldorado vs Stonefort

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

Eldorado and Stonefort 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 389 in Stonefort). Stonefort has the higher median household income ($53,365 vs $39,766 in Eldorado). Stonefort has the higher median home value ($83,300 vs $68,600 in Eldorado).

Population, income & housing

	Eldorado	Stonefort
Population	3,762	389
Median age	45.8 yrs	42.1 yrs
Median household income	$39,766	$53,365
Median home value	$68,600	$83,300
Median gross rent	$630	$723
Housing units	2,050	167
Homeownership rate	69.5%	67.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.9%	4.9%
Unemployment rate	1.3%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Eldorado	Stonefort
Population	4,149 → 3,762 (-9.3%)	316 → 389 (+23.1%)
Median household income	$38,721 → $39,766 (+2.7%)	$29,688 → $53,365 (+79.8%)
Median home value	$44,000 → $68,600 (+55.9%)	$65,400 → $83,300 (+27.4%)
Median gross rent	$642 → $630 (-1.9%)	$693 → $723 (+4.3%)

Eldorado

Population

4,1493,762

Median household income

$38,721$39,766

Median home value

$44,000$68,600

Median gross rent

$642$630

Stonefort

Population

316389

Median household income

$29,688$53,365

Median home value

$65,400$83,300

Median gross rent

$693$723

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Eldorado	Stonefort
Under 5	4.2%	3.9%
5 to 17	14.7%	15.7%
18 to 24	7.2%	7.7%
25 to 34	11.8%	13.6%
35 to 44	11.2%	15.2%
45 to 54	7.2%	9.3%
55 to 64	20.1%	8.2%
65 to 74	11.6%	23.1%
75 and over	12.0%	3.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Eldorado	Stonefort
White (non-Hispanic)	92.6%	91.8%
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%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	7.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Eldorado	Stonefort
No high school diploma	11.5%	10.6%
High school graduate	35.7%	31.8%
Some college or associate's	36.8%	52.7%
Bachelor's degree	10.3%	1.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	3.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Eldorado	Stonefort
Drove alone	78.2%	70.1%
Carpooled	12.8%	27.2%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	2.2%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.6%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Eldorado	Stonefort
1-unit, detached	78.4%	65.3%
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%	34.7%

Poverty & households

	Eldorado	Stonefort
Poverty rate	20.9%	10.0%
Average household size	2.08	2.72
Mean commute (minutes)	21	31
Median year structure built	1959	1977