El Paso vs Washburn

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

El Paso and Washburn 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 1,026 in Washburn). Washburn has the higher median household income ($79,306 vs $70,063 in El Paso). El Paso has the higher median home value ($149,200 vs $90,700 in Washburn).

Population, income & housing

	El Paso	Washburn
Population	2,871	1,026
Median age	38.2 yrs	38.5 yrs
Median household income	$70,063	$79,306
Median home value	$149,200	$90,700
Median gross rent	$892	$900
Housing units	1,065	485
Homeownership rate	78.3%	78.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.5%	17.0%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	El Paso	Washburn
Population	2,809 → 2,871 (+2.2%)	1,148 → 1,026 (-10.6%)
Median household income	$58,688 → $70,063 (+19.4%)	$52,586 → $79,306 (+50.8%)
Median home value	$122,700 → $149,200 (+21.6%)	$80,500 → $90,700 (+12.7%)
Median gross rent	$763 → $892 (+16.9%)	$756 → $900 (+19.0%)

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

Washburn

Population

1,1481,026

Median household income

$52,586$79,306

Median home value

$80,500$90,700

Median gross rent

$756$900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	El Paso	Washburn
Under 5	3.0%	7.7%
5 to 17	22.4%	15.9%
18 to 24	12.9%	10.0%
25 to 34	9.3%	13.5%
35 to 44	15.8%	9.7%
45 to 54	9.8%	13.2%
55 to 64	11.6%	13.7%
65 to 74	8.8%	11.9%
75 and over	6.4%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	El Paso	Washburn
White (non-Hispanic)	94.0%	96.9%
Black or African American	2.8%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.9%	0.0%
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%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	El Paso	Washburn
No high school diploma	8.0%	6.3%
High school graduate	31.8%	39.4%
Some college or associate's	38.7%	37.3%
Bachelor's degree	17.2%	12.3%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	El Paso	Washburn
Drove alone	73.7%	84.1%
Carpooled	11.5%	8.0%
Public transit	1.1%	0.6%
Walked	0.6%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.2%	6.9%
Other means	2.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	El Paso	Washburn
1-unit, detached	78.4%	94.4%
1-unit, attached	5.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.0%	2.1%
5 to 19 units	5.0%	3.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.0%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	El Paso	Washburn
Poverty rate	10.6%	9.0%
Average household size	2.71	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	27	39
Median year structure built	1950	1938