Bismarck vs Rankin

A side-by-side comparison of Bismarck and Rankin: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Rankin has the higher population (560 vs 510 in Bismarck). Bismarck has the higher median household income ($76,875 vs $47,125 in Rankin). Bismarck has the higher median home value ($110,300 vs $57,700 in Rankin).

Population, income & housing

	Bismarck	Rankin
Population	510	560
Median age	42.5 yrs	32.7 yrs
Median household income	$76,875	$47,125
Median home value	$110,300	$57,700
Median gross rent	$817	$718
Housing units	223	265
Homeownership rate	86.2%	68.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.1%	10.3%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	23.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bismarck	Rankin
Population	616 → 510 (-17.2%)	543 → 560 (+3.1%)
Median household income	$65,625 → $76,875 (+17.1%)	$49,375 → $47,125 (-4.6%)
Median home value	$95,600 → $110,300 (+15.4%)	$51,700 → $57,700 (+11.6%)
Median gross rent	$750 → $817 (+8.9%)	$658 → $718 (+9.1%)

Bismarck

Population

616510

Median household income

$65,625$76,875

Median home value

$95,600$110,300

Median gross rent

$750$817

Rankin

Population

543560

Median household income

$49,375$47,125

Median home value

$51,700$57,700

Median gross rent

$658$718

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bismarck	Rankin
Under 5	5.9%	1.6%
5 to 17	20.0%	24.8%
18 to 24	4.1%	5.7%
25 to 34	11.2%	22.3%
35 to 44	14.7%	14.1%
45 to 54	17.6%	7.7%
55 to 64	9.6%	15.9%
65 to 74	8.4%	4.6%
75 and over	8.4%	3.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bismarck	Rankin
White (non-Hispanic)	94.3%	93.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.5%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	2.0%	5.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bismarck	Rankin
No high school diploma	1.4%	18.2%
High school graduate	19.3%	42.6%
Some college or associate's	57.1%	28.9%
Bachelor's degree	10.9%	7.9%
Graduate or professional degree	11.2%	2.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bismarck	Rankin
Drove alone	87.7%	75.5%
Carpooled	4.7%	14.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.7%	8.5%
Other means	0.0%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bismarck	Rankin
1-unit, detached	95.5%	84.2%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.9%	0.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.7%	15.1%

Poverty & households

	Bismarck	Rankin
Poverty rate	10.3%	39.0%
Average household size	2.35	2.76
Mean commute (minutes)	24	29
Median year structure built	1970	1938