Boulder Hill vs Plano

A side-by-side comparison of Boulder Hill and Plano: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Plano has the higher population (11,626 vs 9,127 in Boulder Hill). Plano has the higher median household income ($83,102 vs $76,935 in Boulder Hill). Boulder Hill has the higher median home value ($233,100 vs $221,100 in Plano).

Population, income & housing

	Boulder Hill	Plano
Population	9,127	11,626
Median age	36.8 yrs	33.1 yrs
Median household income	$76,935	$83,102
Median home value	$233,100	$221,100
Median gross rent	$1,759	$1,590
Housing units	3,171	4,140
Homeownership rate	83.0%	73.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.6%	27.6%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Boulder Hill	Plano
Population	10,262 → 9,127 (-11.1%)	11,752 → 11,626 (-1.1%)
Median household income	$67,124 → $76,935 (+14.6%)	$73,233 → $83,102 (+13.5%)
Median home value	$161,400 → $233,100 (+44.4%)	$165,500 → $221,100 (+33.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,588 → $1,759 (+10.8%)	$952 → $1,590 (+67.0%)

Boulder Hill

Population

10,2629,127

Median household income

$67,124$76,935

Median home value

$161,400$233,100

Median gross rent

$1,588$1,759

Plano

Population

11,75211,626

Median household income

$73,233$83,102

Median home value

$165,500$221,100

Median gross rent

$952$1,590

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Boulder Hill	Plano
Under 5	5.9%	9.3%
5 to 17	18.0%	18.4%
18 to 24	10.7%	5.4%
25 to 34	13.0%	20.2%
35 to 44	15.4%	17.6%
45 to 54	12.3%	11.3%
55 to 64	9.4%	9.4%
65 to 74	9.2%	5.6%
75 and over	6.2%	2.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Boulder Hill	Plano
White (non-Hispanic)	51.7%	55.7%
Black or African American	1.5%	4.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.6%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	42.5%	37.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Boulder Hill	Plano
No high school diploma	13.0%	7.6%
High school graduate	30.9%	27.3%
Some college or associate's	38.4%	37.6%
Bachelor's degree	13.1%	21.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.5%	5.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Boulder Hill	Plano
Drove alone	76.8%	83.3%
Carpooled	10.9%	10.4%
Public transit	0.0%	1.3%
Walked	0.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.6%	4.8%
Other means	1.2%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Boulder Hill	Plano
1-unit, detached	90.9%	67.3%
1-unit, attached	3.1%	25.0%
2 to 4 units	2.6%	5.6%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	0.3%
20 or more units	1.3%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Boulder Hill	Plano
Poverty rate	7.0%	8.2%
Average household size	3.04	3.00
Mean commute (minutes)	29	31
Median year structure built	1970	2001