Erie vs Fulton

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

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

Fulton has the higher population (3,457 vs 1,658 in Erie). Erie has the higher median household income ($86,750 vs $42,452 in Fulton). Erie has the higher median home value ($147,300 vs $124,400 in Fulton).

Population, income & housing

	Erie	Fulton
Population	1,658	3,457
Median age	42.3 yrs	48.8 yrs
Median household income	$86,750	$42,452
Median home value	$147,300	$124,400
Median gross rent	$740	$956
Housing units	785	1,881
Homeownership rate	71.6%	78.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.4%	15.1%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Erie	Fulton
Population	1,496 → 1,658 (+10.8%)	3,178 → 3,457 (+8.8%)
Median household income	$71,875 → $86,750 (+20.7%)	$52,193 → $42,452 (-18.7%)
Median home value	$130,000 → $147,300 (+13.3%)	$114,100 → $124,400 (+9.0%)
Median gross rent	$605 → $740 (+22.3%)	$676 → $956 (+41.4%)

Erie

Population

1,4961,658

Median household income

$71,875$86,750

Median home value

$130,000$147,300

Median gross rent

$605$740

Fulton

Population

3,1783,457

Median household income

$52,193$42,452

Median home value

$114,100$124,400

Median gross rent

$676$956

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Erie	Fulton
Under 5	5.6%	5.9%
5 to 17	24.8%	13.2%
18 to 24	5.2%	4.6%
25 to 34	7.5%	9.5%
35 to 44	14.6%	11.7%
45 to 54	10.7%	14.6%
55 to 64	13.9%	13.7%
65 to 74	8.3%	16.4%
75 and over	9.3%	10.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Erie	Fulton
White (non-Hispanic)	93.4%	94.3%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.1%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	4.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Erie	Fulton
No high school diploma	5.4%	12.6%
High school graduate	34.0%	45.6%
Some college or associate's	43.2%	26.6%
Bachelor's degree	9.8%	10.1%
Graduate or professional degree	7.7%	5.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Erie	Fulton
Drove alone	92.0%	82.7%
Carpooled	4.6%	8.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.5%	6.7%
Other means	0.5%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Erie	Fulton
1-unit, detached	86.5%	80.4%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	3.9%
2 to 4 units	10.8%	3.3%
5 to 19 units	1.5%	4.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.7%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	6.1%

Poverty & households

	Erie	Fulton
Poverty rate	6.0%	14.7%
Average household size	2.21	2.06
Mean commute (minutes)	19	15
Median year structure built	1967	1959