Bush vs Spillertown

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

Bush and Spillertown 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 270 in Spillertown). Spillertown has the higher median household income ($78,125 vs $55,417 in Bush). Spillertown has the higher median home value ($121,400 vs $80,700 in Bush).

Population, income & housing

	Bush	Spillertown
Population	347	270
Median age	45.2 yrs	36.9 yrs
Median household income	$55,417	$78,125
Median home value	$80,700	$121,400
Housing units	137	157
Homeownership rate	89.0%	88.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.5%	22.7%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bush	Spillertown
Population	208 → 347 (+66.8%)	292 → 270 (-7.5%)
Median household income	$39,000 → $55,417 (+42.1%)	$48,333 → $78,125 (+61.6%)
Median home value	$36,700 → $80,700 (+119.9%)	$89,500 → $121,400 (+35.6%)
Median gross rent	$475 → $738 (+55.4%)	$913 → $1,083 (+18.6%)

Bush

Population

208347

Median household income

$39,000$55,417

Median home value

$36,700$80,700

Median gross rent

$475$738

Spillertown

Population

292270

Median household income

$48,333$78,125

Median home value

$89,500$121,400

Median gross rent

$913$1,083

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bush	Spillertown
Under 5	1.2%	5.9%
5 to 17	26.2%	19.3%
18 to 24	7.2%	7.8%
25 to 34	2.9%	13.7%
35 to 44	10.7%	13.7%
45 to 54	17.0%	14.1%
55 to 64	18.7%	8.1%
65 to 74	6.3%	10.4%
75 and over	9.8%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bush	Spillertown
White (non-Hispanic)	92.2%	84.8%
Black or African American	0.6%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.7%	4.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.9%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	8.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bush	Spillertown
No high school diploma	22.9%	6.1%
High school graduate	33.5%	22.1%
Some college or associate's	32.2%	49.2%
Bachelor's degree	10.1%	11.0%
Graduate or professional degree	1.3%	11.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bush	Spillertown
Drove alone	82.3%	64.1%
Carpooled	8.6%	6.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.7%
Worked from home	7.4%	26.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bush	Spillertown
1-unit, detached	74.5%	73.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.8%
2 to 4 units	1.5%	3.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	24.1%	18.5%

Poverty & households

	Bush	Spillertown
Poverty rate	5.2%	2.6%
Average household size	2.73	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	23	18
Median year structure built	1972	1998