Belknap vs Buncombe

A side-by-side comparison of Belknap and Buncombe: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Buncombe has the higher population (341 vs 78 in Belknap). Since 2019, Buncombe's population has grown faster (+40.9% vs -35.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Belknap	Buncombe
Population	78	341
Median age	54.3 yrs	26.2 yrs
Median household income	—	$62,500
Housing units	50	121
Homeownership rate	68.6%	79.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.5%	11.7%
Unemployment rate	10.2%	13.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Belknap	Buncombe
Population	121 → 78 (-35.5%)	242 → 341 (+40.9%)
Median household income	$30,500 → $97,500 (+219.7%)	$39,063 → $62,500 (+60.0%)
Median home value	$50,700 → $66,700 (+31.6%)	$61,700 → $65,000 (+5.3%)
Median gross rent	—	$639 → $717 (+12.2%)

Belknap

Population

12178

Median household income

$30,500$97,500

Median home value

$50,700$66,700

Buncombe

Population

242341

Median household income

$39,063$62,500

Median home value

$61,700$65,000

Median gross rent

$639$717

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Belknap	Buncombe
Under 5	0.0%	13.2%
5 to 17	9.0%	16.4%
18 to 24	2.6%	15.2%
25 to 34	19.2%	17.3%
35 to 44	3.8%	5.3%
45 to 54	21.8%	6.2%
55 to 64	23.1%	17.0%
65 to 74	14.1%	6.5%
75 and over	6.4%	2.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Belknap	Buncombe
White (non-Hispanic)	94.9%	80.4%
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%	9.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	10.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Belknap	Buncombe
No high school diploma	26.1%	10.6%
High school graduate	21.7%	37.8%
Some college or associate's	24.6%	39.9%
Bachelor's degree	27.5%	10.6%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	1.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Belknap	Buncombe
Drove alone	100.0%	94.4%
Carpooled	0.0%	2.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	2.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Belknap	Buncombe
1-unit, detached	72.0%	79.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	28.0%	17.4%

Poverty & households

	Belknap	Buncombe
Poverty rate	7.7%	16.4%
Average household size	2.23	3.55
Mean commute (minutes)	30	25
Median year structure built	1971	1971