Blairsville vs Whiteash

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

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

Whiteash has the higher population (320 vs 279 in Blairsville). Whiteash has the higher median household income ($109,149 vs $73,077 in Blairsville). Whiteash has the higher median home value ($270,000 vs $143,800 in Blairsville).

Population, income & housing

	Blairsville	Whiteash
Population	279	320
Median age	37.0 yrs	39.1 yrs
Median household income	$73,077	$109,149
Median home value	$143,800	$270,000
Housing units	120	127
Homeownership rate	100.0%	85.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.7%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blairsville	Whiteash
Population	322 → 279 (-13.4%)	148 → 320 (+116.2%)
Median household income	$57,955 → $73,077 (+26.1%)	$47,917 → $109,149 (+127.8%)
Median home value	$159,700 → $143,800 (-10.0%)	$130,400 → $270,000 (+107.1%)

Blairsville

Population

322279

Median household income

$57,955$73,077

Median home value

$159,700$143,800

Whiteash

Population

148320

Median household income

$47,917$109,149

Median home value

$130,400$270,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blairsville	Whiteash
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	4.3%	20.9%
18 to 24	0.0%	5.9%
25 to 34	41.6%	0.0%
35 to 44	4.3%	28.7%
45 to 54	0.0%	21.6%
55 to 64	24.4%	0.0%
65 to 74	18.3%	10.6%
75 and over	7.2%	12.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

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

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blairsville	Whiteash
No high school diploma	0.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	15.7%	37.6%
Some college or associate's	71.5%	62.4%
Bachelor's degree	3.4%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	9.4%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blairsville	Whiteash
Drove alone	88.7%	100.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.3%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blairsville	Whiteash
1-unit, detached	80.8%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	19.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Blairsville	Whiteash
Poverty rate	4.3%	0.0%
Average household size	2.49	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	32	—
Median year structure built	1998	2001