Bluford vs Bonnie

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

Bluford and Bonnie 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 468 in Bonnie). Bonnie has the higher median household income ($61,250 vs $58,500 in Bluford). Bluford has the higher median home value ($92,200 vs $83,500 in Bonnie).

Population, income & housing

	Bluford	Bonnie
Population	569	468
Median age	34.3 yrs	43.1 yrs
Median household income	$58,500	$61,250
Median home value	$92,200	$83,500
Median gross rent	$810	$977
Housing units	249	268
Homeownership rate	76.1%	79.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.9%	11.6%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bluford	Bonnie
Population	715 → 569 (-20.4%)	384 → 468 (+21.9%)
Median household income	$47,292 → $58,500 (+23.7%)	$52,250 → $61,250 (+17.2%)
Median home value	$65,400 → $92,200 (+41.0%)	$62,200 → $83,500 (+34.2%)
Median gross rent	$788 → $810 (+2.8%)	$788 → $977 (+24.0%)

Bluford

Population

715569

Median household income

$47,292$58,500

Median home value

$65,400$92,200

Median gross rent

$788$810

Bonnie

Population

384468

Median household income

$52,250$61,250

Median home value

$62,200$83,500

Median gross rent

$788$977

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bluford	Bonnie
Under 5	9.7%	4.1%
5 to 17	13.5%	14.7%
18 to 24	5.6%	7.5%
25 to 34	22.3%	14.7%
35 to 44	4.6%	15.2%
45 to 54	15.1%	10.5%
55 to 64	7.7%	12.2%
65 to 74	13.4%	11.1%
75 and over	8.1%	10.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bluford	Bonnie
White (non-Hispanic)	86.5%	92.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	7.6%	0.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.1%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	3.9%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bluford	Bonnie
No high school diploma	8.9%	8.4%
High school graduate	44.0%	39.4%
Some college or associate's	38.3%	40.6%
Bachelor's degree	5.9%	10.4%
Graduate or professional degree	3.0%	1.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bluford	Bonnie
Drove alone	74.2%	94.9%
Carpooled	22.6%	3.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.4%	0.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bluford	Bonnie
1-unit, detached	78.3%	73.5%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	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	21.3%	26.5%

Poverty & households

	Bluford	Bonnie
Poverty rate	17.2%	10.5%
Average household size	2.43	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	28	26
Median year structure built	1977	1976