Bunker Hill vs Girard

A side-by-side comparison of Bunker Hill and Girard: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Girard has the higher population (1,740 vs 1,305 in Bunker Hill). Bunker Hill has the higher median household income ($72,893 vs $40,250 in Girard). Bunker Hill has the higher median home value ($133,700 vs $96,300 in Girard).

Population, income & housing

	Bunker Hill	Girard
Population	1,305	1,740
Median age	39.8 yrs	40.4 yrs
Median household income	$72,893	$40,250
Median home value	$133,700	$96,300
Median gross rent	$925	$775
Housing units	632	855
Homeownership rate	76.4%	49.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.1%	8.3%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	7.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bunker Hill	Girard
Population	1,711 → 1,305 (-23.7%)	1,894 → 1,740 (-8.1%)
Median household income	$51,750 → $72,893 (+40.9%)	$44,469 → $40,250 (-9.5%)
Median home value	$95,100 → $133,700 (+40.6%)	$69,200 → $96,300 (+39.2%)
Median gross rent	$679 → $925 (+36.2%)	$756 → $775 (+2.5%)

Bunker Hill

Population

1,7111,305

Median household income

$51,750$72,893

Median home value

$95,100$133,700

Median gross rent

$679$925

Girard

Population

1,8941,740

Median household income

$44,469$40,250

Median home value

$69,200$96,300

Median gross rent

$756$775

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bunker Hill	Girard
Under 5	7.8%	6.6%
5 to 17	14.6%	15.6%
18 to 24	5.1%	7.3%
25 to 34	14.4%	15.8%
35 to 44	16.4%	10.5%
45 to 54	11.5%	10.3%
55 to 64	13.9%	16.0%
65 to 74	9.8%	12.2%
75 and over	6.6%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bunker Hill	Girard
White (non-Hispanic)	95.3%	94.7%
Black or African American	2.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	1.1%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.2%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bunker Hill	Girard
No high school diploma	10.5%	14.8%
High school graduate	43.1%	51.3%
Some college or associate's	33.4%	25.5%
Bachelor's degree	11.5%	6.5%
Graduate or professional degree	1.6%	1.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bunker Hill	Girard
Drove alone	82.4%	79.4%
Carpooled	5.0%	4.3%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	2.4%	3.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.5%	10.6%
Other means	3.3%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bunker Hill	Girard
1-unit, detached	81.2%	80.7%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.6%	10.9%
5 to 19 units	2.2%	3.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	3.5%	3.4%

Poverty & households

	Bunker Hill	Girard
Poverty rate	8.2%	30.3%
Average household size	2.45	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	32	27
Median year structure built	1962	1955