Blairsville vs Colp

A side-by-side comparison of Blairsville and Colp: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Blairsville has the higher population (279 vs 187 in Colp). Blairsville has the higher median household income ($73,077 vs $31,250 in Colp). Blairsville has the higher median home value ($143,800 vs $73,600 in Colp).

Population, income & housing

	Blairsville	Colp
Population	279	187
Median age	37.0 yrs	43.3 yrs
Median household income	$73,077	$31,250
Median home value	$143,800	$73,600
Median gross rent	—	$99
Housing units	120	108
Homeownership rate	100.0%	83.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.7%	17.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	9.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blairsville	Colp
Population	322 → 279 (-13.4%)	295 → 187 (-36.6%)
Median household income	$57,955 → $73,077 (+26.1%)	$12,500 → $31,250 (+150.0%)
Median home value	$159,700 → $143,800 (-10.0%)	$82,000 → $73,600 (-10.2%)

Blairsville

Population

322279

Median household income

$57,955$73,077

Median home value

$159,700$143,800

Colp

Population

295187

Median household income

$12,500$31,250

Median home value

$82,000$73,600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blairsville	Colp
Under 5	0.0%	12.3%
5 to 17	4.3%	9.1%
18 to 24	0.0%	13.4%
25 to 34	41.6%	8.0%
35 to 44	4.3%	9.1%
45 to 54	0.0%	7.0%
55 to 64	24.4%	19.3%
65 to 74	18.3%	11.8%
75 and over	7.2%	10.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blairsville	Colp
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	72.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	17.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	10.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blairsville	Colp
No high school diploma	0.0%	9.8%
High school graduate	15.7%	27.9%
Some college or associate's	71.5%	45.1%
Bachelor's degree	3.4%	9.8%
Graduate or professional degree	9.4%	7.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blairsville	Colp
Drove alone	88.7%	68.6%
Carpooled	0.0%	29.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.3%	2.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blairsville	Colp
1-unit, detached	80.8%	74.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	9.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	19.2%	16.7%

Poverty & households

	Blairsville	Colp
Poverty rate	4.3%	52.4%
Average household size	2.49	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	32	30
Median year structure built	1998	1973