El Paso vs Minonk

A side-by-side comparison of El Paso and Minonk: population, income, housing, and more.

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

El Paso has the higher population (2,871 vs 1,909 in Minonk). El Paso has the higher median household income ($70,063 vs $62,000 in Minonk). El Paso has the higher median home value ($149,200 vs $120,600 in Minonk).

Population, income & housing

	El Paso	Minonk
Population	2,871	1,909
Median age	38.2 yrs	41.9 yrs
Median household income	$70,063	$62,000
Median home value	$149,200	$120,600
Median gross rent	$892	$977
Housing units	1,065	896
Homeownership rate	78.3%	69.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.5%	18.1%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	7.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	El Paso	Minonk
Population	2,809 → 2,871 (+2.2%)	1,979 → 1,909 (-3.5%)
Median household income	$58,688 → $70,063 (+19.4%)	$54,932 → $62,000 (+12.9%)
Median home value	$122,700 → $149,200 (+21.6%)	$105,400 → $120,600 (+14.4%)
Median gross rent	$763 → $892 (+16.9%)	$809 → $977 (+20.8%)

El Paso

Population

2,8092,871

Median household income

$58,688$70,063

Median home value

$122,700$149,200

Median gross rent

$763$892

Minonk

Population

1,9791,909

Median household income

$54,932$62,000

Median home value

$105,400$120,600

Median gross rent

$809$977

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	El Paso	Minonk
Under 5	3.0%	4.8%
5 to 17	22.4%	19.1%
18 to 24	12.9%	7.8%
25 to 34	9.3%	14.4%
35 to 44	15.8%	5.7%
45 to 54	9.8%	14.5%
55 to 64	11.6%	15.3%
65 to 74	8.8%	13.3%
75 and over	6.4%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	El Paso	Minonk
White (non-Hispanic)	94.0%	95.8%
Black or African American	2.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.5%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	El Paso	Minonk
No high school diploma	8.0%	10.0%
High school graduate	31.8%	37.9%
Some college or associate's	38.7%	34.0%
Bachelor's degree	17.2%	10.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	7.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	El Paso	Minonk
Drove alone	73.7%	80.6%
Carpooled	11.5%	7.2%
Public transit	1.1%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	5.3%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.8%
Worked from home	10.2%	6.1%
Other means	2.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	El Paso	Minonk
1-unit, detached	78.4%	83.1%
1-unit, attached	5.5%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	7.0%	3.9%
5 to 19 units	5.0%	4.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	4.0%	6.5%

Poverty & households

	El Paso	Minonk
Poverty rate	10.6%	10.4%
Average household size	2.71	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	27	24
Median year structure built	1950	1964