Bishop Hill vs Osco

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

Bishop Hill and Osco 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 63 in Osco). Osco has the higher median home value ($110,400 vs $96,300 in Bishop Hill). Since 2019, Bishop Hill's population has grown faster (+32.2% vs -42.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Bishop Hill	Osco
Population	156	63
Median age	61.1 yrs	63.6 yrs
Median household income	$52,500	—
Median home value	$96,300	$110,400
Housing units	69	21
Homeownership rate	83.8%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.6%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bishop Hill	Osco
Population	118 → 156 (+32.2%)	110 → 63 (-42.7%)
Median household income	$41,667 → $52,500 (+26.0%)	$116,923 → $135,577 (+16.0%)
Median home value	$77,900 → $96,300 (+23.6%)	$117,100 → $110,400 (-5.7%)
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

Osco

Population

11063

Median household income

$116,923$135,577

Median home value

$117,100$110,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bishop Hill	Osco
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%	73.0%
65 to 74	19.2%	15.9%
75 and over	13.5%	11.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bishop Hill	Osco
White (non-Hispanic)	92.9%	100.0%
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	5.1%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bishop Hill	Osco
No high school diploma	7.9%	19.0%
High school graduate	22.0%	63.5%
Some college or associate's	42.5%	17.5%
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	Osco
Drove alone	68.3%	100.0%
Carpooled	3.2%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	20.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.9%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bishop Hill	Osco
1-unit, detached	100.0%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
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	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bishop Hill	Osco
Poverty rate	7.7%	17.5%
Average household size	2.29	3.00
Mean commute (minutes)	35	—
Median year structure built	1938	1938