Blandinsville vs Macomb

A side-by-side comparison of Blandinsville and Macomb: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Macomb has the higher population (15,006 vs 715 in Blandinsville). Blandinsville has the higher median household income ($52,500 vs $39,753 in Macomb). Macomb has the higher median home value ($99,800 vs $65,400 in Blandinsville).

Population, income & housing

	Blandinsville	Macomb
Population	715	15,006
Median age	40.4 yrs	27.7 yrs
Median household income	$52,500	$39,753
Median home value	$65,400	$99,800
Median gross rent	$691	$733
Housing units	348	7,368
Homeownership rate	84.4%	46.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.9%	35.4%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	12.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blandinsville	Macomb
Population	752 → 715 (-4.9%)	17,857 → 15,006 (-16.0%)
Median household income	$47,153 → $52,500 (+11.3%)	$39,384 → $39,753 (+0.9%)
Median home value	$68,300 → $65,400 (-4.2%)	$101,400 → $99,800 (-1.6%)
Median gross rent	$569 → $691 (+21.4%)	$688 → $733 (+6.5%)

Blandinsville

Population

752715

Median household income

$47,153$52,500

Median home value

$68,300$65,400

Median gross rent

$569$691

Macomb

Population

17,85715,006

Median household income

$39,384$39,753

Median home value

$101,400$99,800

Median gross rent

$688$733

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blandinsville	Macomb
Under 5	8.5%	2.6%
5 to 17	17.5%	11.7%
18 to 24	4.3%	30.8%
25 to 34	13.6%	12.8%
35 to 44	8.4%	10.0%
45 to 54	12.0%	6.0%
55 to 64	13.7%	9.5%
65 to 74	11.5%	8.9%
75 and over	10.5%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blandinsville	Macomb
White (non-Hispanic)	93.0%	79.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	9.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.8%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	4.3%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	5.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blandinsville	Macomb
No high school diploma	4.0%	5.4%
High school graduate	42.8%	30.1%
Some college or associate's	38.4%	29.2%
Bachelor's degree	11.6%	17.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.2%	18.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blandinsville	Macomb
Drove alone	84.9%	74.3%
Carpooled	8.5%	8.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	3.0%	8.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.3%
Worked from home	3.6%	6.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blandinsville	Macomb
1-unit, detached	86.2%	50.2%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	4.7%
2 to 4 units	4.6%	10.2%
5 to 19 units	3.2%	20.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	10.8%
Mobile home & other	5.7%	4.0%

Poverty & households

	Blandinsville	Macomb
Poverty rate	10.6%	29.5%
Average household size	2.48	1.95
Mean commute (minutes)	29	15
Median year structure built	1940	1968