Bunker Hill vs Palmyra

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

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

Bunker Hill has the higher population (1,305 vs 524 in Palmyra). Bunker Hill has the higher median household income ($72,893 vs $46,477 in Palmyra). Bunker Hill has the higher median home value ($133,700 vs $86,400 in Palmyra).

Population, income & housing

	Bunker Hill	Palmyra
Population	1,305	524
Median age	39.8 yrs	50.4 yrs
Median household income	$72,893	$46,477
Median home value	$133,700	$86,400
Median gross rent	$925	$670
Housing units	632	339
Homeownership rate	76.4%	81.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.1%	10.6%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	7.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bunker Hill	Palmyra
Population	1,711 → 1,305 (-23.7%)	665 → 524 (-21.2%)
Median household income	$51,750 → $72,893 (+40.9%)	$37,692 → $46,477 (+23.3%)
Median home value	$95,100 → $133,700 (+40.6%)	$64,400 → $86,400 (+34.2%)
Median gross rent	$679 → $925 (+36.2%)	$541 → $670 (+23.8%)

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

Palmyra

Population

665524

Median household income

$37,692$46,477

Median home value

$64,400$86,400

Median gross rent

$541$670

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bunker Hill	Palmyra
Under 5	7.8%	1.9%
5 to 17	14.6%	11.8%
18 to 24	5.1%	6.7%
25 to 34	14.4%	12.4%
35 to 44	16.4%	11.3%
45 to 54	11.5%	14.9%
55 to 64	13.9%	11.5%
65 to 74	9.8%	13.0%
75 and over	6.6%	16.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bunker Hill	Palmyra
White (non-Hispanic)	95.3%	97.9%
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%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.1%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.2%	0.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bunker Hill	Palmyra
No high school diploma	10.5%	16.8%
High school graduate	43.1%	53.7%
Some college or associate's	33.4%	18.9%
Bachelor's degree	11.5%	9.4%
Graduate or professional degree	1.6%	1.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bunker Hill	Palmyra
Drove alone	82.4%	87.0%
Carpooled	5.0%	7.3%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	2.4%	5.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.5%	0.0%
Other means	3.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bunker Hill	Palmyra
1-unit, detached	81.2%	56.0%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	11.6%	13.6%
5 to 19 units	2.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.5%	28.0%

Poverty & households

	Bunker Hill	Palmyra
Poverty rate	8.2%	8.6%
Average household size	2.45	2.14
Mean commute (minutes)	32	42
Median year structure built	1962	1967