Buncombe vs Goreville

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

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

Goreville has the higher population (1,164 vs 341 in Buncombe). Goreville has the higher median household income ($70,375 vs $62,500 in Buncombe). Since 2019, Buncombe's population has grown faster (+40.9% vs +12.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Buncombe	Goreville
Population	341	1,164
Median age	26.2 yrs	50.8 yrs
Median household income	$62,500	$70,375
Median home value	—	$120,700
Median gross rent	—	$848
Housing units	121	480
Homeownership rate	79.2%	77.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.7%	17.2%
Unemployment rate	13.7%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buncombe	Goreville
Population	242 → 341 (+40.9%)	1,038 → 1,164 (+12.1%)
Median household income	$39,063 → $62,500 (+60.0%)	$54,297 → $70,375 (+29.6%)
Median home value	$61,700 → $65,000 (+5.3%)	$91,600 → $120,700 (+31.8%)
Median gross rent	$639 → $717 (+12.2%)	$688 → $848 (+23.3%)

Buncombe

Population

242341

Median household income

$39,063$62,500

Median home value

$61,700$65,000

Median gross rent

$639$717

Goreville

Population

1,0381,164

Median household income

$54,297$70,375

Median home value

$91,600$120,700

Median gross rent

$688$848

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Buncombe	Goreville
Under 5	13.2%	5.3%
5 to 17	16.4%	7.0%
18 to 24	15.2%	15.0%
25 to 34	17.3%	11.0%
35 to 44	5.3%	4.5%
45 to 54	6.2%	13.5%
55 to 64	17.0%	12.8%
65 to 74	6.5%	14.3%
75 and over	2.9%	16.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buncombe	Goreville
White (non-Hispanic)	80.4%	95.4%
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	9.7%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	10.0%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buncombe	Goreville
No high school diploma	10.6%	4.1%
High school graduate	37.8%	29.9%
Some college or associate's	39.9%	48.8%
Bachelor's degree	10.6%	12.7%
Graduate or professional degree	1.1%	4.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buncombe	Goreville
Drove alone	94.4%	90.4%
Carpooled	2.4%	1.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	7.5%
Other means	2.4%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buncombe	Goreville
1-unit, detached	79.3%	87.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	7.7%
5 to 19 units	3.3%	1.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	17.4%	3.3%

Poverty & households

	Buncombe	Goreville
Poverty rate	16.4%	14.6%
Average household size	3.55	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	25	26
Median year structure built	1971	1975