Bureau Junction vs Mineral

A side-by-side comparison of Bureau Junction and Mineral: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Bureau Junction has the higher population (279 vs 179 in Mineral). Bureau Junction has the higher median household income ($54,063 vs $51,250 in Mineral). Mineral has the higher median home value ($73,900 vs $53,700 in Bureau Junction).

Population, income & housing

	Bureau Junction	Mineral
Population	279	179
Median age	36.5 yrs	49.3 yrs
Median household income	$54,063	$51,250
Median home value	$53,700	$73,900
Median gross rent	$1,821	$1,025
Housing units	142	112
Homeownership rate	59.1%	87.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.1%	4.7%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bureau Junction	Mineral
Population	240 → 279 (+16.3%)	228 → 179 (-21.5%)
Median household income	$53,750 → $54,063 (+0.6%)	$37,000 → $51,250 (+38.5%)
Median home value	$48,500 → $53,700 (+10.7%)	$56,700 → $73,900 (+30.3%)
Median gross rent	$681 → $1,821 (+167.4%)	$800 → $1,025 (+28.1%)

Bureau Junction

Population

240279

Median household income

$53,750$54,063

Median home value

$48,500$53,700

Median gross rent

$681$1,821

Mineral

Population

228179

Median household income

$37,000$51,250

Median home value

$56,700$73,900

Median gross rent

$800$1,025

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bureau Junction	Mineral
Under 5	7.2%	0.6%
5 to 17	15.4%	19.0%
18 to 24	7.2%	9.5%
25 to 34	18.6%	6.7%
35 to 44	10.8%	10.1%
45 to 54	19.0%	10.1%
55 to 64	7.9%	21.8%
65 to 74	10.8%	12.3%
75 and over	3.2%	10.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bureau Junction	Mineral
White (non-Hispanic)	75.6%	97.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.8%
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	4.3%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	20.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bureau Junction	Mineral
No high school diploma	19.4%	8.7%
High school graduate	43.4%	59.1%
Some college or associate's	31.1%	27.6%
Bachelor's degree	5.6%	3.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.5%	1.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bureau Junction	Mineral
Drove alone	85.9%	88.0%
Carpooled	9.6%	5.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	5.4%
Worked from home	0.6%	0.0%
Other means	3.8%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bureau Junction	Mineral
1-unit, detached	89.4%	96.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.5%	3.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bureau Junction	Mineral
Poverty rate	25.4%	21.8%
Average household size	2.54	1.85
Mean commute (minutes)	34	27
Median year structure built	1951	1952