Bushnell vs Macomb

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

Bushnell 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 2,763 in Bushnell). Bushnell has the higher median household income ($55,368 vs $39,753 in Macomb). Macomb has the higher median home value ($99,800 vs $69,100 in Bushnell).

Population, income & housing

	Bushnell	Macomb
Population	2,763	15,006
Median age	42.5 yrs	27.7 yrs
Median household income	$55,368	$39,753
Median home value	$69,100	$99,800
Median gross rent	$619	$733
Housing units	1,475	7,368
Homeownership rate	67.8%	46.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.0%	35.4%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	12.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bushnell	Macomb
Population	2,775 → 2,763 (-0.4%)	17,857 → 15,006 (-16.0%)
Median household income	$45,833 → $55,368 (+20.8%)	$39,384 → $39,753 (+0.9%)
Median home value	$71,900 → $69,100 (-3.9%)	$101,400 → $99,800 (-1.6%)
Median gross rent	$446 → $619 (+38.8%)	$688 → $733 (+6.5%)

Bushnell

Population

2,7752,763

Median household income

$45,833$55,368

Median home value

$71,900$69,100

Median gross rent

$446$619

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)

	Bushnell	Macomb
Under 5	9.3%	2.6%
5 to 17	12.4%	11.7%
18 to 24	9.6%	30.8%
25 to 34	9.5%	12.8%
35 to 44	12.0%	10.0%
45 to 54	14.7%	6.0%
55 to 64	14.3%	9.5%
65 to 74	10.7%	8.9%
75 and over	7.4%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bushnell	Macomb
White (non-Hispanic)	95.2%	79.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	9.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.8%	0.3%
Two or more races	1.2%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	5.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bushnell	Macomb
No high school diploma	10.5%	5.4%
High school graduate	47.8%	30.1%
Some college or associate's	28.6%	29.2%
Bachelor's degree	9.7%	17.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	18.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bushnell	Macomb
Drove alone	84.2%	74.3%
Carpooled	5.8%	8.5%
Public transit	2.1%	0.3%
Walked	2.8%	8.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.3%
Worked from home	4.3%	6.8%
Other means	0.8%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bushnell	Macomb
1-unit, detached	82.4%	50.2%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	4.7%
2 to 4 units	11.2%	10.2%
5 to 19 units	3.3%	20.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	10.8%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	4.0%

Poverty & households

	Bushnell	Macomb
Poverty rate	12.1%	29.5%
Average household size	2.32	1.95
Mean commute (minutes)	33	15
Median year structure built	1951	1968