Buncombe vs Vienna

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

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

Vienna has the higher population (2,115 vs 341 in Buncombe). Buncombe has the higher median household income ($62,500 vs $39,471 in Vienna). Since 2019, Buncombe's population has grown faster (+40.9% vs +37.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Buncombe	Vienna
Population	341	2,115
Median age	26.2 yrs	36.1 yrs
Median household income	$62,500	$39,471
Median home value	—	$77,400
Median gross rent	—	$616
Housing units	121	818
Homeownership rate	79.2%	58.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.7%	17.1%
Unemployment rate	13.7%	0.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buncombe	Vienna
Population	242 → 341 (+40.9%)	1,544 → 2,115 (+37.0%)
Median household income	$39,063 → $62,500 (+60.0%)	$38,026 → $39,471 (+3.8%)
Median home value	$61,700 → $65,000 (+5.3%)	$79,100 → $77,400 (-2.1%)
Median gross rent	$639 → $717 (+12.2%)	$502 → $616 (+22.7%)

Buncombe

Population

242341

Median household income

$39,063$62,500

Median home value

$61,700$65,000

Median gross rent

$639$717

Vienna

Population

1,5442,115

Median household income

$38,026$39,471

Median home value

$79,100$77,400

Median gross rent

$502$616

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Buncombe	Vienna
Under 5	13.2%	6.6%
5 to 17	16.4%	13.2%
18 to 24	15.2%	15.3%
25 to 34	17.3%	14.2%
35 to 44	5.3%	11.7%
45 to 54	6.2%	8.4%
55 to 64	17.0%	8.3%
65 to 74	6.5%	12.5%
75 and over	2.9%	9.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buncombe	Vienna
White (non-Hispanic)	80.4%	77.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	4.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	9.7%	13.9%
Hispanic or Latino	10.0%	3.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buncombe	Vienna
No high school diploma	10.6%	9.2%
High school graduate	37.8%	36.3%
Some college or associate's	39.9%	37.3%
Bachelor's degree	10.6%	15.0%
Graduate or professional degree	1.1%	2.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buncombe	Vienna
Drove alone	94.4%	80.1%
Carpooled	2.4%	15.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	0.8%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	4.4%
Other means	2.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buncombe	Vienna
1-unit, detached	79.3%	53.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	15.8%
5 to 19 units	3.3%	8.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.7%
Mobile home & other	17.4%	15.4%

Poverty & households

	Buncombe	Vienna
Poverty rate	16.4%	31.4%
Average household size	3.55	3.06
Mean commute (minutes)	25	21
Median year structure built	1971	1974