Bone Gap vs West Salem

A side-by-side comparison of Bone Gap and West Salem: population, income, housing, and more.

Bone Gap and West Salem are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

West Salem has the higher population (769 vs 187 in Bone Gap). West Salem has the higher median household income ($50,500 vs $44,167 in Bone Gap). Bone Gap has the higher median home value ($67,000 vs $65,800 in West Salem).

Population, income & housing

	Bone Gap	West Salem
Population	187	769
Median age	40.7 yrs	38.3 yrs
Median household income	$44,167	$50,500
Median home value	$67,000	$65,800
Median gross rent	$481	$805
Housing units	88	464
Homeownership rate	83.3%	86.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.9%	13.3%
Unemployment rate	19.7%	12.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bone Gap	West Salem
Population	158 → 187 (+18.4%)	903 → 769 (-14.8%)
Median household income	$46,667 → $44,167 (-5.4%)	$45,987 → $50,500 (+9.8%)
Median home value	$53,800 → $67,000 (+24.5%)	$49,400 → $65,800 (+33.2%)
Median gross rent	$295 → $481 (+63.1%)	$383 → $805 (+110.2%)

Bone Gap

Population

158187

Median household income

$46,667$44,167

Median home value

$53,800$67,000

Median gross rent

$295$481

West Salem

Population

903769

Median household income

$45,987$50,500

Median home value

$49,400$65,800

Median gross rent

$383$805

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bone Gap	West Salem
Under 5	12.8%	6.0%
5 to 17	12.8%	19.1%
18 to 24	13.4%	9.2%
25 to 34	8.0%	13.9%
35 to 44	7.5%	7.2%
45 to 54	17.1%	10.4%
55 to 64	11.8%	9.9%
65 to 74	11.8%	14.7%
75 and over	4.8%	9.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bone Gap	West Salem
White (non-Hispanic)	80.2%	93.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.9%
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%	0.8%
Two or more races	19.8%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bone Gap	West Salem
No high school diploma	6.1%	9.5%
High school graduate	37.7%	43.2%
Some college or associate's	48.2%	34.1%
Bachelor's degree	2.6%	9.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.3%	3.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bone Gap	West Salem
Drove alone	86.8%	84.8%
Carpooled	5.7%	10.5%
Public transit	7.5%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	1.9%
Other means	0.0%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bone Gap	West Salem
1-unit, detached	76.1%	80.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	23.9%	16.4%

Poverty & households

	Bone Gap	West Salem
Poverty rate	25.1%	11.5%
Average household size	2.40	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	46	23
Median year structure built	1966	1954