Bushnell vs Good Hope

A side-by-side comparison of Bushnell and Good Hope: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Bushnell has the higher population (2,763 vs 397 in Good Hope). Good Hope has the higher median household income ($69,063 vs $55,368 in Bushnell). Good Hope has the higher median home value ($95,900 vs $69,100 in Bushnell).

Population, income & housing

	Bushnell	Good Hope
Population	2,763	397
Median age	42.5 yrs	35.3 yrs
Median household income	$55,368	$69,063
Median home value	$69,100	$95,900
Median gross rent	$619	$788
Housing units	1,475	174
Homeownership rate	67.8%	82.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.0%	25.3%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bushnell	Good Hope
Population	2,775 → 2,763 (-0.4%)	409 → 397 (-2.9%)
Median household income	$45,833 → $55,368 (+20.8%)	$45,625 → $69,063 (+51.4%)
Median home value	$71,900 → $69,100 (-3.9%)	$76,800 → $95,900 (+24.9%)
Median gross rent	$446 → $619 (+38.8%)	$661 → $788 (+19.2%)

Bushnell

Population

2,7752,763

Median household income

$45,833$55,368

Median home value

$71,900$69,100

Median gross rent

$446$619

Good Hope

Population

409397

Median household income

$45,625$69,063

Median home value

$76,800$95,900

Median gross rent

$661$788

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bushnell	Good Hope
Under 5	9.3%	5.5%
5 to 17	12.4%	20.2%
18 to 24	9.6%	11.6%
25 to 34	9.5%	12.1%
35 to 44	12.0%	12.3%
45 to 54	14.7%	7.1%
55 to 64	14.3%	15.1%
65 to 74	10.7%	7.8%
75 and over	7.4%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bushnell	Good Hope
White (non-Hispanic)	95.2%	97.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	2.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bushnell	Good Hope
No high school diploma	10.5%	3.2%
High school graduate	47.8%	38.2%
Some college or associate's	28.6%	33.3%
Bachelor's degree	9.7%	18.5%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	6.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bushnell	Good Hope
Drove alone	84.2%	87.1%
Carpooled	5.8%	3.2%
Public transit	2.1%	0.0%
Walked	2.8%	3.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.3%	4.8%
Other means	0.8%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bushnell	Good Hope
1-unit, detached	82.4%	83.3%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	11.2%	5.2%
5 to 19 units	3.3%	0.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	10.3%

Poverty & households

	Bushnell	Good Hope
Poverty rate	12.1%	6.5%
Average household size	2.32	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	33	18
Median year structure built	1951	1968