Biggsville vs Stronghurst

A side-by-side comparison of Biggsville and Stronghurst: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Stronghurst has the higher population (1,106 vs 298 in Biggsville). Stronghurst has the higher median household income ($80,556 vs $75,417 in Biggsville). Stronghurst has the higher median home value ($104,400 vs $83,600 in Biggsville).

Population, income & housing

	Biggsville	Stronghurst
Population	298	1,106
Median age	52.5 yrs	37.6 yrs
Median household income	$75,417	$80,556
Median home value	$83,600	$104,400
Median gross rent	$388	$929
Housing units	154	458
Homeownership rate	90.5%	70.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.9%	19.4%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	7.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Biggsville	Stronghurst
Population	351 → 298 (-15.1%)	950 → 1,106 (+16.4%)
Median household income	$53,750 → $75,417 (+40.3%)	$46,635 → $80,556 (+72.7%)
Median home value	$86,700 → $83,600 (-3.6%)	$85,800 → $104,400 (+21.7%)
Median gross rent	$733 → $388 (-47.1%)	$540 → $929 (+72.0%)

Biggsville

Population

351298

Median household income

$53,750$75,417

Median home value

$86,700$83,600

Median gross rent

$733$388

Stronghurst

Population

9501,106

Median household income

$46,635$80,556

Median home value

$85,800$104,400

Median gross rent

$540$929

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Biggsville	Stronghurst
Under 5	3.7%	6.4%
5 to 17	9.7%	24.2%
18 to 24	10.7%	6.8%
25 to 34	13.8%	5.8%
35 to 44	8.7%	16.5%
45 to 54	11.1%	8.9%
55 to 64	12.1%	12.1%
65 to 74	13.8%	7.3%
75 and over	16.4%	12.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Biggsville	Stronghurst
White (non-Hispanic)	97.3%	92.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.0%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Biggsville	Stronghurst
No high school diploma	6.2%	5.2%
High school graduate	27.0%	33.7%
Some college or associate's	38.9%	41.8%
Bachelor's degree	21.7%	15.5%
Graduate or professional degree	6.2%	3.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Biggsville	Stronghurst
Drove alone	93.9%	85.8%
Carpooled	1.2%	8.2%
Public transit	1.2%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.6%	2.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Biggsville	Stronghurst
1-unit, detached	90.9%	86.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.9%	4.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	8.1%
Mobile home & other	5.2%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Biggsville	Stronghurst
Poverty rate	9.7%	10.8%
Average household size	2.18	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	27	26
Median year structure built	1947	1959