Bureau Junction vs Neponset

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

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

Neponset has the higher population (411 vs 279 in Bureau Junction). Neponset has the higher median household income ($74,375 vs $54,063 in Bureau Junction). Neponset has the higher median home value ($73,800 vs $53,700 in Bureau Junction).

Population, income & housing

	Bureau Junction	Neponset
Population	279	411
Median age	36.5 yrs	39.5 yrs
Median household income	$54,063	$74,375
Median home value	$53,700	$73,800
Median gross rent	$1,821	$770
Housing units	142	202
Homeownership rate	59.1%	91.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.1%	17.6%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bureau Junction	Neponset
Population	240 → 279 (+16.3%)	454 → 411 (-9.5%)
Median household income	$53,750 → $54,063 (+0.6%)	$53,182 → $74,375 (+39.8%)
Median home value	$48,500 → $53,700 (+10.7%)	$65,200 → $73,800 (+13.2%)
Median gross rent	$681 → $1,821 (+167.4%)	$679 → $770 (+13.4%)

Bureau Junction

Population

240279

Median household income

$53,750$54,063

Median home value

$48,500$53,700

Median gross rent

$681$1,821

Neponset

Population

454411

Median household income

$53,182$74,375

Median home value

$65,200$73,800

Median gross rent

$679$770

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bureau Junction	Neponset
Under 5	7.2%	5.1%
5 to 17	15.4%	18.0%
18 to 24	7.2%	9.2%
25 to 34	18.6%	12.4%
35 to 44	10.8%	15.1%
45 to 54	19.0%	15.3%
55 to 64	7.9%	13.9%
65 to 74	10.8%	5.6%
75 and over	3.2%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bureau Junction	Neponset
White (non-Hispanic)	75.6%	93.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	4.3%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	20.1%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bureau Junction	Neponset
No high school diploma	19.4%	5.0%
High school graduate	43.4%	47.8%
Some college or associate's	31.1%	29.5%
Bachelor's degree	5.6%	13.3%
Graduate or professional degree	0.5%	4.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bureau Junction	Neponset
Drove alone	85.9%	76.8%
Carpooled	9.6%	16.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.6%	2.3%
Other means	3.8%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bureau Junction	Neponset
1-unit, detached	89.4%	92.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.5%	0.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.0%	6.9%

Poverty & households

	Bureau Junction	Neponset
Poverty rate	25.4%	11.9%
Average household size	2.54	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	34	22
Median year structure built	1951	1955