Bluford vs Waltonville

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

Bluford and Waltonville 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 315 in Waltonville). Waltonville has the higher median household income ($69,583 vs $58,500 in Bluford). Waltonville has the higher median home value ($96,100 vs $92,200 in Bluford).

Population, income & housing

	Bluford	Waltonville
Population	569	315
Median age	34.3 yrs	49.4 yrs
Median household income	$58,500	$69,583
Median home value	$92,200	$96,100
Median gross rent	$810	$688
Housing units	249	152
Homeownership rate	76.1%	72.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.9%	10.0%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bluford	Waltonville
Population	715 → 569 (-20.4%)	406 → 315 (-22.4%)
Median household income	$47,292 → $58,500 (+23.7%)	$43,846 → $69,583 (+58.7%)
Median home value	$65,400 → $92,200 (+41.0%)	$70,700 → $96,100 (+35.9%)
Median gross rent	$788 → $810 (+2.8%)	$539 → $688 (+27.6%)

Bluford

Population

715569

Median household income

$47,292$58,500

Median home value

$65,400$92,200

Median gross rent

$788$810

Waltonville

Population

406315

Median household income

$43,846$69,583

Median home value

$70,700$96,100

Median gross rent

$539$688

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bluford	Waltonville
Under 5	9.7%	1.3%
5 to 17	13.5%	16.8%
18 to 24	5.6%	9.2%
25 to 34	22.3%	6.7%
35 to 44	4.6%	12.1%
45 to 54	15.1%	23.2%
55 to 64	7.7%	8.6%
65 to 74	13.4%	11.7%
75 and over	8.1%	10.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bluford	Waltonville
White (non-Hispanic)	86.5%	94.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	7.6%	0.3%
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%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	3.9%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bluford	Waltonville
No high school diploma	8.9%	7.4%
High school graduate	44.0%	23.1%
Some college or associate's	38.3%	59.4%
Bachelor's degree	5.9%	6.6%
Graduate or professional degree	3.0%	3.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bluford	Waltonville
Drove alone	74.2%	71.4%
Carpooled	22.6%	8.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.4%	8.9%
Other means	0.0%	8.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bluford	Waltonville
1-unit, detached	78.3%	78.9%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	5.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	21.3%	15.1%

Poverty & households

	Bluford	Waltonville
Poverty rate	17.2%	9.5%
Average household size	2.43	2.20
Mean commute (minutes)	28	21
Median year structure built	1977	1969