Como vs Erie

A side-by-side comparison of Como and Erie: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Erie has the higher population (1,658 vs 581 in Como). Erie has the higher median household income ($86,750 vs $59,417 in Como). Como has the higher median home value ($154,000 vs $147,300 in Erie).

Population, income & housing

	Como	Erie
Population	581	1,658
Median age	37.7 yrs	42.3 yrs
Median household income	$59,417	$86,750
Median home value	$154,000	$147,300
Median gross rent	—	$740
Housing units	201	785
Homeownership rate	83.1%	71.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.8%	17.4%
Unemployment rate	11.5%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Como	Erie
Population	593 → 581 (-2.0%)	1,496 → 1,658 (+10.8%)
Median household income	$77,569 → $59,417 (-23.4%)	$71,875 → $86,750 (+20.7%)
Median home value	$150,700 → $154,000 (+2.2%)	$130,000 → $147,300 (+13.3%)
Median gross rent	—	$605 → $740 (+22.3%)

Como

Population

593581

Median household income

$77,569$59,417

Median home value

$150,700$154,000

Erie

Population

1,4961,658

Median household income

$71,875$86,750

Median home value

$130,000$147,300

Median gross rent

$605$740

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Como	Erie
Under 5	1.4%	5.6%
5 to 17	28.4%	24.8%
18 to 24	1.4%	5.2%
25 to 34	17.9%	7.5%
35 to 44	12.0%	14.6%
45 to 54	7.6%	10.7%
55 to 64	12.6%	13.9%
65 to 74	13.9%	8.3%
75 and over	4.8%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Como	Erie
White (non-Hispanic)	60.2%	93.4%
Black or African American	5.7%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.8%
Two or more races	15.8%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	18.2%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Como	Erie
No high school diploma	10.5%	5.4%
High school graduate	27.0%	34.0%
Some college or associate's	50.7%	43.2%
Bachelor's degree	4.0%	9.8%
Graduate or professional degree	7.8%	7.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Como	Erie
Drove alone	57.1%	92.0%
Carpooled	18.2%	4.6%
Public transit	5.6%	0.0%
Walked	14.7%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	2.5%
Other means	4.3%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Como	Erie
1-unit, detached	90.5%	86.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	10.8%
5 to 19 units	4.5%	1.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.0%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Como	Erie
Poverty rate	22.0%	6.0%
Average household size	2.89	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	17	19
Median year structure built	1958	1967