Bull Valley vs McCullom Lake

A side-by-side comparison of Bull Valley and McCullom Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

Bull Valley and McCullom Lake are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Bull Valley has the higher population (1,121 vs 1,087 in McCullom Lake). Bull Valley has the higher median household income ($185,417 vs $71,000 in McCullom Lake). Bull Valley has the higher median home value ($460,700 vs $180,700 in McCullom Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Bull Valley	McCullom Lake
Population	1,121	1,087
Median age	57.8 yrs	37.0 yrs
Median household income	$185,417	$71,000
Median home value	$460,700	$180,700
Median gross rent	$3,292	$1,190
Housing units	499	454
Homeownership rate	93.6%	64.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	51.1%	15.2%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	8.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bull Valley	McCullom Lake
Population	1,156 → 1,121 (-3.0%)	1,080 → 1,087 (+0.6%)
Median household income	$107,083 → $185,417 (+73.2%)	$65,625 → $71,000 (+8.2%)
Median home value	$383,200 → $460,700 (+20.2%)	$130,100 → $180,700 (+38.9%)
Median gross rent	$3,501 → $3,292 (-6.0%)	$1,188 → $1,190 (+0.2%)

Bull Valley

Population

1,1561,121

Median household income

$107,083$185,417

Median home value

$383,200$460,700

Median gross rent

$3,501$3,292

McCullom Lake

Population

1,0801,087

Median household income

$65,625$71,000

Median home value

$130,100$180,700

Median gross rent

$1,188$1,190

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bull Valley	McCullom Lake
Under 5	2.7%	5.6%
5 to 17	6.8%	17.7%
18 to 24	8.4%	4.8%
25 to 34	5.4%	18.6%
35 to 44	6.0%	12.8%
45 to 54	15.2%	22.7%
55 to 64	23.6%	10.1%
65 to 74	20.4%	5.4%
75 and over	11.6%	2.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bull Valley	McCullom Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	80.8%	76.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	5.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.7%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	11.8%	21.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bull Valley	McCullom Lake
No high school diploma	2.7%	9.3%
High school graduate	13.7%	51.4%
Some college or associate's	32.5%	24.0%
Bachelor's degree	34.5%	12.9%
Graduate or professional degree	16.6%	2.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bull Valley	McCullom Lake
Drove alone	69.6%	67.3%
Carpooled	2.6%	18.8%
Public transit	1.5%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	2.5%
Worked from home	24.4%	10.7%
Other means	0.9%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bull Valley	McCullom Lake
1-unit, detached	100.0%	93.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Bull Valley	McCullom Lake
Poverty rate	5.8%	15.6%
Average household size	2.47	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	33	31
Median year structure built	1980	1960