Blairsville vs Bush

A side-by-side comparison of Blairsville and Bush: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Bush has the higher population (347 vs 279 in Blairsville). Blairsville has the higher median household income ($73,077 vs $55,417 in Bush). Blairsville has the higher median home value ($143,800 vs $80,700 in Bush).

Population, income & housing

	Blairsville	Bush
Population	279	347
Median age	37.0 yrs	45.2 yrs
Median household income	$73,077	$55,417
Median home value	$143,800	$80,700
Housing units	120	137
Homeownership rate	100.0%	89.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.7%	11.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blairsville	Bush
Population	322 → 279 (-13.4%)	208 → 347 (+66.8%)
Median household income	$57,955 → $73,077 (+26.1%)	$39,000 → $55,417 (+42.1%)
Median home value	$159,700 → $143,800 (-10.0%)	$36,700 → $80,700 (+119.9%)
Median gross rent	—	$475 → $738 (+55.4%)

Blairsville

Population

322279

Median household income

$57,955$73,077

Median home value

$159,700$143,800

Bush

Population

208347

Median household income

$39,000$55,417

Median home value

$36,700$80,700

Median gross rent

$475$738

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blairsville	Bush
Under 5	0.0%	1.2%
5 to 17	4.3%	26.2%
18 to 24	0.0%	7.2%
25 to 34	41.6%	2.9%
35 to 44	4.3%	10.7%
45 to 54	0.0%	17.0%
55 to 64	24.4%	18.7%
65 to 74	18.3%	6.3%
75 and over	7.2%	9.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blairsville	Bush
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	92.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	0.0%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blairsville	Bush
No high school diploma	0.0%	22.9%
High school graduate	15.7%	33.5%
Some college or associate's	71.5%	32.2%
Bachelor's degree	3.4%	10.1%
Graduate or professional degree	9.4%	1.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blairsville	Bush
Drove alone	88.7%	82.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	8.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.3%	7.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blairsville	Bush
1-unit, detached	80.8%	74.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	19.2%	24.1%

Poverty & households

	Blairsville	Bush
Poverty rate	4.3%	5.2%
Average household size	2.49	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	32	23
Median year structure built	1998	1972