Bush vs Hurst

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

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

Hurst has the higher population (685 vs 347 in Bush). Bush has the higher median household income ($55,417 vs $34,113 in Hurst). Bush has the higher median home value ($80,700 vs $73,000 in Hurst).

Population, income & housing

	Bush	Hurst
Population	347	685
Median age	45.2 yrs	54.8 yrs
Median household income	$55,417	$34,113
Median home value	$80,700	$73,000
Median gross rent	—	$376
Housing units	137	393
Homeownership rate	89.0%	52.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.5%	9.6%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bush	Hurst
Population	208 → 347 (+66.8%)	744 → 685 (-7.9%)
Median household income	$39,000 → $55,417 (+42.1%)	$38,438 → $34,113 (-11.3%)
Median home value	$36,700 → $80,700 (+119.9%)	$57,300 → $73,000 (+27.4%)
Median gross rent	$475 → $738 (+55.4%)	$327 → $376 (+15.0%)

Bush

Population

208347

Median household income

$39,000$55,417

Median home value

$36,700$80,700

Median gross rent

$475$738

Hurst

Population

744685

Median household income

$38,438$34,113

Median home value

$57,300$73,000

Median gross rent

$327$376

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bush	Hurst
Under 5	1.2%	2.3%
5 to 17	26.2%	17.8%
18 to 24	7.2%	5.0%
25 to 34	2.9%	8.9%
35 to 44	10.7%	12.3%
45 to 54	17.0%	3.9%
55 to 64	18.7%	14.0%
65 to 74	6.3%	20.0%
75 and over	9.8%	15.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bush	Hurst
White (non-Hispanic)	92.2%	86.4%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.6%
Asian	1.7%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.9%	8.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bush	Hurst
No high school diploma	22.9%	16.0%
High school graduate	33.5%	35.9%
Some college or associate's	32.2%	38.6%
Bachelor's degree	10.1%	7.4%
Graduate or professional degree	1.3%	2.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bush	Hurst
Drove alone	82.3%	75.9%
Carpooled	8.6%	7.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.8%
Walked	1.7%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.4%	14.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bush	Hurst
1-unit, detached	74.5%	66.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	1.5%	23.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	24.1%	8.7%

Poverty & households

	Bush	Hurst
Poverty rate	5.2%	24.4%
Average household size	2.73	1.97
Mean commute (minutes)	23	24
Median year structure built	1972	1968