Bishop Hill vs Nekoma

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

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

Bishop Hill has the higher population (156 vs 54 in Nekoma). Bishop Hill has the higher median household income ($52,500 vs $18,563 in Nekoma). Since 2019, Bishop Hill's population has grown faster (+32.2% vs +12.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Bishop Hill	Nekoma
Population	156	54
Median age	61.1 yrs	71.4 yrs
Median household income	$52,500	$18,563
Median home value	$96,300	—
Housing units	69	54
Homeownership rate	83.8%	81.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.6%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	—

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bishop Hill	Nekoma
Population	118 → 156 (+32.2%)	48 → 54 (+12.5%)
Median household income	$41,667 → $52,500 (+26.0%)	$16,012 → $18,563 (+15.9%)
Median home value	$77,900 → $96,300 (+23.6%)	—
Median gross rent	$675 → $592 (-12.3%)	—

Bishop Hill

Population

118156

Median household income

$41,667$52,500

Median home value

$77,900$96,300

Median gross rent

$675$592

Nekoma

Population

4854

Median household income

$16,012$18,563

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bishop Hill	Nekoma
Under 5	1.3%	0.0%
5 to 17	15.4%	0.0%
18 to 24	1.9%	0.0%
25 to 34	9.6%	0.0%
35 to 44	11.5%	0.0%
45 to 54	5.8%	0.0%
55 to 64	21.8%	0.0%
65 to 74	19.2%	92.6%
75 and over	13.5%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bishop Hill	Nekoma
White (non-Hispanic)	92.9%	81.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	18.5%
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	5.1%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bishop Hill	Nekoma
No high school diploma	7.9%	0.0%
High school graduate	22.0%	0.0%
Some college or associate's	42.5%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree	21.3%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.3%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bishop Hill	Nekoma
Drove alone	68.3%	—
Carpooled	3.2%	—
Public transit	0.0%	—
Walked	20.6%	—
Bicycle	0.0%	—
Worked from home	7.9%	—
Other means	0.0%	—

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bishop Hill	Nekoma
1-unit, detached	100.0%	81.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	18.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bishop Hill	Nekoma
Poverty rate	7.7%	0.0%
Average household size	2.29	—
Mean commute (minutes)	35	—
Median year structure built	1938	1938