Bulpitt vs Palmer

A side-by-side comparison of Bulpitt and Palmer: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Palmer has the higher population (233 vs 213 in Bulpitt). Bulpitt has the higher median household income ($72,500 vs $52,917 in Palmer). Bulpitt has the higher median home value ($80,600 vs $80,400 in Palmer).

Population, income & housing

	Bulpitt	Palmer
Population	213	233
Median age	28.9 yrs	50.2 yrs
Median household income	$72,500	$52,917
Median home value	$80,600	$80,400
Median gross rent	$843	$744
Housing units	111	106
Homeownership rate	68.4%	89.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.5%	6.2%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	0.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bulpitt	Palmer
Population	214 → 213 (-0.5%)	239 → 233 (-2.5%)
Median household income	$55,972 → $72,500 (+29.5%)	$65,208 → $52,917 (-18.8%)
Median home value	$63,600 → $80,600 (+26.7%)	$52,900 → $80,400 (+52.0%)
Median gross rent	$817 → $843 (+3.2%)	—

Bulpitt

Population

214213

Median household income

$55,972$72,500

Median home value

$63,600$80,600

Median gross rent

$817$843

Palmer

Population

239233

Median household income

$65,208$52,917

Median home value

$52,900$80,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bulpitt	Palmer
Under 5	0.0%	2.6%
5 to 17	15.5%	13.7%
18 to 24	24.4%	7.7%
25 to 34	20.2%	7.7%
35 to 44	6.6%	11.6%
45 to 54	11.7%	10.7%
55 to 64	8.5%	14.6%
65 to 74	8.9%	24.5%
75 and over	4.2%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bulpitt	Palmer
White (non-Hispanic)	90.6%	99.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	8.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bulpitt	Palmer
No high school diploma	2.3%	9.6%
High school graduate	46.9%	54.2%
Some college or associate's	45.3%	29.9%
Bachelor's degree	4.7%	5.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.8%	1.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bulpitt	Palmer
Drove alone	88.5%	93.3%
Carpooled	0.8%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.7%	6.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bulpitt	Palmer
1-unit, detached	99.1%	86.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	12.3%

Poverty & households

	Bulpitt	Palmer
Poverty rate	11.3%	13.7%
Average household size	2.80	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	26	24
Median year structure built	1938	1938