Chillicothe vs Eldon

A side-by-side comparison of Chillicothe and Eldon: population, income, housing, and more.

Chillicothe and Eldon are places in Iowa. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Eldon has the higher population (816 vs 50 in Chillicothe). Chillicothe has the higher median household income ($68,750 vs $52,813 in Eldon). Chillicothe has the higher median home value ($82,500 vs $57,600 in Eldon).

Population, income & housing

	Chillicothe	Eldon
Population	50	816
Median age	54.5 yrs	41.3 yrs
Median household income	$68,750	$52,813
Median home value	$82,500	$57,600
Median gross rent	—	$650
Housing units	25	382
Homeownership rate	92.0%	75.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.3%	12.8%
Unemployment rate	17.9%	7.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chillicothe	Eldon
Population	97 → 50 (-48.5%)	990 → 816 (-17.6%)
Median household income	$53,929 → $68,750 (+27.5%)	$43,125 → $52,813 (+22.5%)
Median home value	$58,600 → $82,500 (+40.8%)	$57,500 → $57,600 (+0.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$571 → $650 (+13.8%)

Chillicothe

Population

9750

Median household income

$53,929$68,750

Median home value

$58,600$82,500

Eldon

Population

990816

Median household income

$43,125$52,813

Median home value

$57,500$57,600

Median gross rent

$571$650

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chillicothe	Eldon
Under 5	0.0%	6.0%
5 to 17	10.0%	21.7%
18 to 24	6.0%	4.2%
25 to 34	20.0%	9.2%
35 to 44	2.0%	17.0%
45 to 54	12.0%	13.8%
55 to 64	18.0%	12.1%
65 to 74	22.0%	11.9%
75 and over	10.0%	4.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chillicothe	Eldon
White (non-Hispanic)	88.0%	91.9%
Black or African American	4.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	8.0%	4.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chillicothe	Eldon
No high school diploma	7.1%	10.8%
High school graduate	59.5%	50.4%
Some college or associate's	19.0%	26.1%
Bachelor's degree	9.5%	9.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	3.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chillicothe	Eldon
Drove alone	66.7%	71.4%
Carpooled	19.0%	18.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.9%
Walked	0.0%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.3%	4.8%
Other means	0.0%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chillicothe	Eldon
1-unit, detached	84.0%	74.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	15.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	16.0%	9.7%

Poverty & households

	Chillicothe	Eldon
Poverty rate	0.0%	21.1%
Average household size	2.00	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	—	26
Median year structure built	1978	1943