Bonfield vs Union Hill

A side-by-side comparison of Bonfield and Union Hill: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Bonfield has the higher population (474 vs 66 in Union Hill). Union Hill has the higher median household income ($117,750 vs $86,667 in Bonfield). Bonfield has the higher median home value ($190,800 vs $154,200 in Union Hill).

Population, income & housing

	Bonfield	Union Hill
Population	474	66
Median age	42.3 yrs	42.5 yrs
Median household income	$86,667	$117,750
Median home value	$190,800	$154,200
Median gross rent	$825	—
Housing units	200	27
Homeownership rate	80.3%	88.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.1%	45.5%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bonfield	Union Hill
Population	437 → 474 (+8.5%)	78 → 66 (-15.4%)
Median household income	$71,705 → $86,667 (+20.9%)	$66,250 → $117,750 (+77.7%)
Median home value	$162,100 → $190,800 (+17.7%)	$108,300 → $154,200 (+42.4%)
Median gross rent	$685 → $825 (+20.4%)	—

Bonfield

Population

437474

Median household income

$71,705$86,667

Median home value

$162,100$190,800

Median gross rent

$685$825

Union Hill

Population

7866

Median household income

$66,250$117,750

Median home value

$108,300$154,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bonfield	Union Hill
Under 5	4.2%	0.0%
5 to 17	21.9%	27.3%
18 to 24	5.1%	6.1%
25 to 34	10.1%	7.6%
35 to 44	18.4%	12.1%
45 to 54	9.7%	21.2%
55 to 64	14.6%	10.6%
65 to 74	8.4%	15.2%
75 and over	7.6%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bonfield	Union Hill
White (non-Hispanic)	97.5%	83.3%
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	0.4%	6.1%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	10.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bonfield	Union Hill
No high school diploma	8.3%	6.8%
High school graduate	36.8%	15.9%
Some college or associate's	44.8%	31.8%
Bachelor's degree	7.7%	15.9%
Graduate or professional degree	2.5%	29.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bonfield	Union Hill
Drove alone	68.7%	84.6%
Carpooled	4.9%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.8%	7.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	5.1%
Worked from home	15.4%	2.6%
Other means	8.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bonfield	Union Hill
1-unit, detached	89.0%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bonfield	Union Hill
Poverty rate	2.3%	3.1%
Average household size	2.39	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	24	24
Median year structure built	1959	1938