Bluffs vs Winchester

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

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

Winchester has the higher population (1,543 vs 586 in Bluffs). Bluffs has the higher median household income ($72,917 vs $54,286 in Winchester). Winchester has the higher median home value ($96,000 vs $78,700 in Bluffs).

Population, income & housing

	Bluffs	Winchester
Population	586	1,543
Median age	48.8 yrs	39.1 yrs
Median household income	$72,917	$54,286
Median home value	$78,700	$96,000
Median gross rent	$625	$627
Housing units	313	772
Homeownership rate	77.1%	64.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.4%	20.7%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bluffs	Winchester
Population	839 → 586 (-30.2%)	1,856 → 1,543 (-16.9%)
Median household income	$60,588 → $72,917 (+20.3%)	$51,625 → $54,286 (+5.2%)
Median home value	$68,100 → $78,700 (+15.6%)	$86,200 → $96,000 (+11.4%)
Median gross rent	$686 → $625 (-8.9%)	$499 → $627 (+25.7%)

Bluffs

Population

839586

Median household income

$60,588$72,917

Median home value

$68,100$78,700

Median gross rent

$686$625

Winchester

Population

1,8561,543

Median household income

$51,625$54,286

Median home value

$86,200$96,000

Median gross rent

$499$627

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bluffs	Winchester
Under 5	1.4%	6.8%
5 to 17	13.1%	19.5%
18 to 24	10.2%	8.6%
25 to 34	13.5%	11.1%
35 to 44	8.4%	8.4%
45 to 54	9.2%	12.1%
55 to 64	21.8%	16.1%
65 to 74	16.6%	9.7%
75 and over	5.8%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bluffs	Winchester
White (non-Hispanic)	88.7%	96.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.3%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	9.6%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bluffs	Winchester
No high school diploma	5.9%	5.7%
High school graduate	51.0%	49.6%
Some college or associate's	24.7%	24.1%
Bachelor's degree	17.2%	14.8%
Graduate or professional degree	1.1%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bluffs	Winchester
Drove alone	86.2%	85.1%
Carpooled	9.7%	8.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.7%
Bicycle	1.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.4%	4.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bluffs	Winchester
1-unit, detached	85.3%	73.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	6.7%	17.2%
5 to 19 units	2.9%	1.6%
20 or more units	0.3%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	4.8%	5.6%

Poverty & households

	Bluffs	Winchester
Poverty rate	6.5%	21.2%
Average household size	2.32	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	22	25
Median year structure built	1958	1959