Adams County vs Boone County

A side-by-side comparison of Adams County and Boone County: population, income, housing, and more.

Adams County and Boone County are counties in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Adams County has the higher population (65,166 vs 53,316 in Boone County). Boone County has the higher median household income ($81,638 vs $64,962 in Adams County). Boone County has the higher median home value ($198,600 vs $155,900 in Adams County).

Population, income & housing

	Adams County	Boone County
Population	65,166	53,316
Median age	41.1 yrs	39.5 yrs
Median household income	$64,962	$81,638
Median home value	$155,900	$198,600
Median gross rent	$826	$1,011
Housing units	30,283	20,238
Homeownership rate	72.5%	83.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.0%	23.2%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	7.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Adams County	Boone County
Population	66,085 → 65,166 (-1.4%)	53,537 → 53,316 (-0.4%)
Median household income	$52,993 → $64,962 (+22.6%)	$69,272 → $81,638 (+17.9%)
Median home value	$127,800 → $155,900 (+22.0%)	$153,400 → $198,600 (+29.5%)
Median gross rent	$713 → $826 (+15.8%)	$854 → $1,011 (+18.4%)

Adams County

Population

66,08565,166

Median household income

$52,993$64,962

Median home value

$127,800$155,900

Median gross rent

$713$826

Boone County

Population

53,53753,316

Median household income

$69,272$81,638

Median home value

$153,400$198,600

Median gross rent

$854$1,011

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Adams County	Boone County
Under 5	6.0%	5.4%
5 to 17	16.7%	18.8%
18 to 24	8.0%	9.4%
25 to 34	11.9%	11.0%
35 to 44	12.0%	12.1%
45 to 54	11.4%	13.7%
55 to 64	14.0%	13.3%
65 to 74	11.1%	9.8%
75 and over	9.0%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Adams County	Boone County
White (non-Hispanic)	90.3%	68.9%
Black or African American	3.5%	1.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.2%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.0%	24.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Adams County	Boone County
No high school diploma	6.5%	14.4%
High school graduate	34.9%	30.4%
Some college or associate's	31.6%	32.0%
Bachelor's degree	18.1%	14.4%
Graduate or professional degree	8.9%	8.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Adams County	Boone County
Drove alone	80.5%	77.0%
Carpooled	8.3%	11.3%
Public transit	0.5%	0.5%
Walked	2.5%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.4%
Worked from home	6.7%	9.4%
Other means	1.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Adams County	Boone County
1-unit, detached	75.7%	80.1%
1-unit, attached	3.7%	4.8%
2 to 4 units	7.1%	5.6%
5 to 19 units	5.3%	1.5%
20 or more units	3.7%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	4.5%	6.1%

Poverty & households

	Adams County	Boone County
Poverty rate	12.3%	10.5%
Average household size	2.29	2.77
Mean commute (minutes)	17	27
Median year structure built	1964	1981