Eagle Lake vs Ritchie

A side-by-side comparison of Eagle Lake and Ritchie: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Eagle Lake has the higher population (164 vs 125 in Ritchie). Since 2019, Eagle Lake's population has grown faster (+168.9% vs -23.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Eagle Lake	Ritchie
Population	164	125
Median age	33.7 yrs	41.1 yrs
Median home value	—	$303,300
Housing units	55	54
Homeownership rate	100.0%	87.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.3%	13.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	13.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Eagle Lake	Ritchie
Population	61 → 164 (+168.9%)	164 → 125 (-23.8%)
Median household income	—	$54,402 → $62,143 (+14.2%)
Median home value	—	$161,700 → $303,300 (+87.6%)

Eagle Lake

Population

61164

Ritchie

Population

164125

Median household income

$54,402$62,143

Median home value

$161,700$303,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Eagle Lake	Ritchie
Under 5	0.0%	9.6%
5 to 17	27.4%	0.0%
18 to 24	9.8%	4.0%
25 to 34	18.9%	36.0%
35 to 44	14.6%	6.4%
45 to 54	7.3%	12.0%
55 to 64	7.3%	28.0%
65 to 74	0.0%	4.0%
75 and over	14.6%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Eagle Lake	Ritchie
White (non-Hispanic)	39.0%	66.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	61.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	33.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Eagle Lake	Ritchie
No high school diploma	0.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	76.7%	53.7%
Some college or associate's	0.0%	33.3%
Bachelor's degree	23.3%	4.6%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	8.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Eagle Lake	Ritchie
Drove alone	19.3%	81.4%
Carpooled	66.3%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.5%	18.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Eagle Lake	Ritchie
1-unit, detached	100.0%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Eagle Lake	Ritchie
Poverty rate	0.0%	5.6%
Average household size	2.98	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	—	25
Median year structure built	1975	1948