Cornell vs Cullom

A side-by-side comparison of Cornell and Cullom: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Cullom has the higher population (540 vs 419 in Cornell). Cornell has the higher median household income ($64,286 vs $61,912 in Cullom). Cullom has the higher median home value ($88,100 vs $83,800 in Cornell).

Population, income & housing

	Cornell	Cullom
Population	419	540
Median age	34.8 yrs	38.6 yrs
Median household income	$64,286	$61,912
Median home value	$83,800	$88,100
Median gross rent	$871	$940
Housing units	201	273
Homeownership rate	74.4%	76.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.7%	12.5%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cornell	Cullom
Population	487 → 419 (-14.0%)	580 → 540 (-6.9%)
Median household income	$47,708 → $64,286 (+34.7%)	$41,875 → $61,912 (+47.8%)
Median home value	$75,200 → $83,800 (+11.4%)	$71,500 → $88,100 (+23.2%)
Median gross rent	$908 → $871 (-4.1%)	$672 → $940 (+39.9%)

Cornell

Population

487419

Median household income

$47,708$64,286

Median home value

$75,200$83,800

Median gross rent

$908$871

Cullom

Population

580540

Median household income

$41,875$61,912

Median home value

$71,500$88,100

Median gross rent

$672$940

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cornell	Cullom
Under 5	10.7%	4.4%
5 to 17	13.1%	18.0%
18 to 24	11.7%	5.2%
25 to 34	14.6%	16.3%
35 to 44	13.6%	11.7%
45 to 54	9.1%	9.8%
55 to 64	11.5%	14.8%
65 to 74	9.8%	13.3%
75 and over	6.0%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cornell	Cullom
White (non-Hispanic)	93.1%	83.9%
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	3.1%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	3.8%	11.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cornell	Cullom
No high school diploma	4.8%	4.3%
High school graduate	43.3%	35.5%
Some college or associate's	35.2%	47.6%
Bachelor's degree	14.4%	6.9%
Graduate or professional degree	2.2%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cornell	Cullom
Drove alone	70.6%	85.1%
Carpooled	10.2%	8.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.5%	2.0%
Worked from home	17.3%	1.2%
Other means	0.0%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cornell	Cullom
1-unit, detached	88.6%	95.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.0%	2.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Cornell	Cullom
Poverty rate	20.1%	16.3%
Average household size	2.49	2.23
Mean commute (minutes)	20	32
Median year structure built	1950	1955