Bluffs vs Glasgow

A side-by-side comparison of Bluffs and Glasgow: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Bluffs has the higher population (586 vs 146 in Glasgow). Bluffs has the higher median household income ($72,917 vs $52,500 in Glasgow). Bluffs has the higher median home value ($78,700 vs $53,900 in Glasgow).

Population, income & housing

	Bluffs	Glasgow
Population	586	146
Median age	48.8 yrs	61.0 yrs
Median household income	$72,917	$52,500
Median home value	$78,700	$53,900
Median gross rent	$625	$625
Housing units	313	76
Homeownership rate	77.1%	89.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.4%	2.5%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bluffs	Glasgow
Population	839 → 586 (-30.2%)	93 → 146 (+57.0%)
Median household income	$60,588 → $72,917 (+20.3%)	$44,000 → $52,500 (+19.3%)
Median home value	$68,100 → $78,700 (+15.6%)	$51,000 → $53,900 (+5.7%)
Median gross rent	$686 → $625 (-8.9%)	—

Bluffs

Population

839586

Median household income

$60,588$72,917

Median home value

$68,100$78,700

Median gross rent

$686$625

Glasgow

Population

93146

Median household income

$44,000$52,500

Median home value

$51,000$53,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bluffs	Glasgow
Under 5	1.4%	4.1%
5 to 17	13.1%	10.3%
18 to 24	10.2%	2.7%
25 to 34	13.5%	4.8%
35 to 44	8.4%	10.3%
45 to 54	9.2%	13.7%
55 to 64	21.8%	27.4%
65 to 74	16.6%	11.0%
75 and over	5.8%	15.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bluffs	Glasgow
White (non-Hispanic)	88.7%	89.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	2.1%
Asian	1.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.3%	8.2%
Hispanic or Latino	9.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bluffs	Glasgow
No high school diploma	5.9%	16.5%
High school graduate	51.0%	69.4%
Some college or associate's	24.7%	11.6%
Bachelor's degree	17.2%	0.8%
Graduate or professional degree	1.1%	1.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bluffs	Glasgow
Drove alone	86.2%	91.8%
Carpooled	9.7%	8.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.4%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bluffs	Glasgow
1-unit, detached	85.3%	84.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.7%	1.3%
5 to 19 units	2.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.8%	14.5%

Poverty & households

	Bluffs	Glasgow
Poverty rate	6.5%	1.4%
Average household size	2.32	2.15
Mean commute (minutes)	22	21
Median year structure built	1958	1941