Columbia vs Hecker

A side-by-side comparison of Columbia and Hecker: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Columbia has the higher population (11,063 vs 556 in Hecker). Columbia has the higher median household income ($107,922 vs $80,260 in Hecker). Columbia has the higher median home value ($290,100 vs $153,700 in Hecker).

Population, income & housing

	Columbia	Hecker
Population	11,063	556
Median age	39.9 yrs	34.6 yrs
Median household income	$107,922	$80,260
Median home value	$290,100	$153,700
Median gross rent	$1,089	$736
Housing units	4,743	248
Homeownership rate	81.9%	74.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	51.0%	14.6%
Unemployment rate	1.0%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Columbia	Hecker
Population	10,752 → 11,063 (+2.9%)	561 → 556 (-0.9%)
Median household income	$98,977 → $107,922 (+9.0%)	$55,357 → $80,260 (+45.0%)
Median home value	$217,300 → $290,100 (+33.5%)	$127,300 → $153,700 (+20.7%)
Median gross rent	$887 → $1,089 (+22.8%)	$608 → $736 (+21.1%)

Columbia

Population

10,75211,063

Median household income

$98,977$107,922

Median home value

$217,300$290,100

Median gross rent

$887$1,089

Hecker

Population

561556

Median household income

$55,357$80,260

Median home value

$127,300$153,700

Median gross rent

$608$736

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Columbia	Hecker
Under 5	6.8%	5.9%
5 to 17	18.4%	18.7%
18 to 24	3.9%	15.1%
25 to 34	13.2%	11.2%
35 to 44	13.4%	15.6%
45 to 54	15.3%	13.5%
55 to 64	13.6%	9.5%
65 to 74	8.2%	3.8%
75 and over	7.1%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Columbia	Hecker
White (non-Hispanic)	94.1%	88.8%
Black or African American	0.9%	1.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	6.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Columbia	Hecker
No high school diploma	2.8%	1.5%
High school graduate	16.9%	32.2%
Some college or associate's	29.3%	51.6%
Bachelor's degree	29.9%	9.6%
Graduate or professional degree	21.0%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Columbia	Hecker
Drove alone	84.1%	91.5%
Carpooled	2.6%	1.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.1%	6.7%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Columbia	Hecker
1-unit, detached	79.9%	74.2%
1-unit, attached	4.5%	4.0%
2 to 4 units	3.8%	15.3%
5 to 19 units	8.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.4%	6.5%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Columbia	Hecker
Poverty rate	5.0%	2.1%
Average household size	2.46	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	26	33
Median year structure built	1992	1965