Alma vs Walnut Hill

A side-by-side comparison of Alma and Walnut Hill: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Alma has the higher population (300 vs 135 in Walnut Hill). Alma has the higher median home value ($43,300 vs $33,000 in Walnut Hill). Since 2019, Walnut Hill's population has grown faster (+2.3% vs -14.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Alma	Walnut Hill
Population	300	135
Median age	41.6 yrs	50.4 yrs
Median household income	$50,500	—
Median home value	$43,300	$33,000
Median gross rent	$483	—
Housing units	182	65
Homeownership rate	73.2%	81.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.0%	10.9%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alma	Walnut Hill
Population	349 → 300 (-14.0%)	132 → 135 (+2.3%)
Median household income	$30,536 → $50,500 (+65.4%)	$35,000 → $34,250 (-2.1%)
Median home value	$46,900 → $43,300 (-7.7%)	$53,000 → $33,000 (-37.7%)
Median gross rent	$388 → $483 (+24.5%)	—

Alma

Population

349300

Median household income

$30,536$50,500

Median home value

$46,900$43,300

Median gross rent

$388$483

Walnut Hill

Population

132135

Median household income

$35,000$34,250

Median home value

$53,000$33,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alma	Walnut Hill
Under 5	9.0%	7.4%
5 to 17	17.3%	21.5%
18 to 24	6.7%	3.0%
25 to 34	13.3%	8.9%
35 to 44	10.0%	5.9%
45 to 54	9.0%	6.7%
55 to 64	10.3%	18.5%
65 to 74	14.3%	17.8%
75 and over	10.0%	10.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alma	Walnut Hill
White (non-Hispanic)	96.3%	90.4%
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	3.3%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	9.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alma	Walnut Hill
No high school diploma	10.4%	16.3%
High school graduate	42.8%	41.3%
Some college or associate's	38.8%	31.5%
Bachelor's degree	5.0%	2.2%
Graduate or professional degree	3.0%	8.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alma	Walnut Hill
Drove alone	85.8%	65.0%
Carpooled	11.3%	32.5%
Public transit	0.9%	0.0%
Walked	1.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	2.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alma	Walnut Hill
1-unit, detached	63.7%	75.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.0%	4.6%
5 to 19 units	4.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	25.3%	20.0%

Poverty & households

	Alma	Walnut Hill
Poverty rate	15.4%	53.3%
Average household size	2.11	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	19	39
Median year structure built	1975	1955