Andover vs Bishop Hill

A side-by-side comparison of Andover and Bishop Hill: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Andover has the higher population (425 vs 156 in Bishop Hill). Andover has the higher median household income ($68,281 vs $52,500 in Bishop Hill). Andover has the higher median home value ($139,600 vs $96,300 in Bishop Hill).

Population, income & housing

	Andover	Bishop Hill
Population	425	156
Median age	45.3 yrs	61.1 yrs
Median household income	$68,281	$52,500
Median home value	$139,600	$96,300
Median gross rent	$906	—
Housing units	185	69
Homeownership rate	80.0%	83.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.3%	27.6%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Andover	Bishop Hill
Population	534 → 425 (-20.4%)	118 → 156 (+32.2%)
Median household income	$54,722 → $68,281 (+24.8%)	$41,667 → $52,500 (+26.0%)
Median home value	$113,100 → $139,600 (+23.4%)	$77,900 → $96,300 (+23.6%)
Median gross rent	$732 → $906 (+23.8%)	$675 → $592 (-12.3%)

Andover

Population

534425

Median household income

$54,722$68,281

Median home value

$113,100$139,600

Median gross rent

$732$906

Bishop Hill

Population

118156

Median household income

$41,667$52,500

Median home value

$77,900$96,300

Median gross rent

$675$592

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Andover	Bishop Hill
Under 5	2.6%	1.3%
5 to 17	18.6%	15.4%
18 to 24	3.5%	1.9%
25 to 34	11.1%	9.6%
35 to 44	13.9%	11.5%
45 to 54	9.6%	5.8%
55 to 64	17.2%	21.8%
65 to 74	10.8%	19.2%
75 and over	12.7%	13.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Andover	Bishop Hill
White (non-Hispanic)	89.9%	92.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
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	7.3%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Andover	Bishop Hill
No high school diploma	1.6%	7.9%
High school graduate	43.8%	22.0%
Some college or associate's	34.4%	42.5%
Bachelor's degree	17.2%	21.3%
Graduate or professional degree	3.1%	6.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Andover	Bishop Hill
Drove alone	83.3%	68.3%
Carpooled	14.7%	3.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	20.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.0%	7.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Andover	Bishop Hill
1-unit, detached	96.8%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Andover	Bishop Hill
Poverty rate	4.7%	7.7%
Average household size	2.30	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	28	35
Median year structure built	1963	1938