Belle Rive vs Bluford

A side-by-side comparison of Belle Rive and Bluford: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Bluford has the higher population (569 vs 380 in Belle Rive). Bluford has the higher median household income ($58,500 vs $55,577 in Belle Rive). Bluford has the higher median home value ($92,200 vs $82,500 in Belle Rive).

Population, income & housing

	Belle Rive	Bluford
Population	380	569
Median age	38.3 yrs	34.3 yrs
Median household income	$55,577	$58,500
Median home value	$82,500	$92,200
Median gross rent	$497	$810
Housing units	191	249
Homeownership rate	68.5%	76.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.7%	8.9%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Belle Rive	Bluford
Population	288 → 380 (+31.9%)	715 → 569 (-20.4%)
Median household income	$48,194 → $55,577 (+15.3%)	$47,292 → $58,500 (+23.7%)
Median home value	$66,800 → $82,500 (+23.5%)	$65,400 → $92,200 (+41.0%)
Median gross rent	$600 → $497 (-17.2%)	$788 → $810 (+2.8%)

Belle Rive

Population

288380

Median household income

$48,194$55,577

Median home value

$66,800$82,500

Median gross rent

$600$497

Bluford

Population

715569

Median household income

$47,292$58,500

Median home value

$65,400$92,200

Median gross rent

$788$810

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Belle Rive	Bluford
Under 5	6.6%	9.7%
5 to 17	12.4%	13.5%
18 to 24	11.1%	5.6%
25 to 34	13.4%	22.3%
35 to 44	17.4%	4.6%
45 to 54	13.4%	15.1%
55 to 64	10.5%	7.7%
65 to 74	5.3%	13.4%
75 and over	10.0%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Belle Rive	Bluford
White (non-Hispanic)	83.4%	86.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	7.6%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.7%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	11.8%	3.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Belle Rive	Bluford
No high school diploma	5.3%	8.9%
High school graduate	38.3%	44.0%
Some college or associate's	44.7%	38.3%
Bachelor's degree	9.0%	5.9%
Graduate or professional degree	2.6%	3.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Belle Rive	Bluford
Drove alone	91.9%	74.2%
Carpooled	5.7%	22.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.4%	1.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Belle Rive	Bluford
1-unit, detached	74.9%	78.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.4%
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	25.1%	21.3%

Poverty & households

	Belle Rive	Bluford
Poverty rate	6.9%	17.2%
Average household size	2.07	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	20	28
Median year structure built	1977	1977