Alexander County vs Calhoun County

A side-by-side comparison of Alexander County and Calhoun County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Alexander County has the higher population (5,042 vs 4,406 in Calhoun County). Calhoun County has the higher median household income ($92,095 vs $43,523 in Alexander County). Calhoun County has the higher median home value ($174,000 vs $58,700 in Alexander County).

Population, income & housing

	Alexander County	Calhoun County
Population	5,042	4,406
Median age	45.8 yrs	48.5 yrs
Median household income	$43,523	$92,095
Median home value	$58,700	$174,000
Median gross rent	$540	$479
Housing units	2,964	2,298
Homeownership rate	77.7%	89.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.6%	18.4%
Unemployment rate	9.4%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alexander County	Calhoun County
Population	6,260 → 5,042 (-19.5%)	4,830 → 4,406 (-8.8%)
Median household income	$36,806 → $43,523 (+18.2%)	$63,009 → $92,095 (+46.2%)
Median home value	$56,000 → $58,700 (+4.8%)	$121,000 → $174,000 (+43.8%)
Median gross rent	$526 → $540 (+2.7%)	$617 → $479 (-22.4%)

Alexander County

Population

6,2605,042

Median household income

$36,806$43,523

Median home value

$56,000$58,700

Median gross rent

$526$540

Calhoun County

Population

4,8304,406

Median household income

$63,009$92,095

Median home value

$121,000$174,000

Median gross rent

$617$479

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alexander County	Calhoun County
Under 5	4.7%	4.2%
5 to 17	17.0%	16.2%
18 to 24	7.7%	8.5%
25 to 34	7.4%	6.7%
35 to 44	12.3%	10.8%
45 to 54	10.4%	12.7%
55 to 64	16.3%	16.4%
65 to 74	14.7%	13.7%
75 and over	9.5%	11.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alexander County	Calhoun County
White (non-Hispanic)	63.1%	94.8%
Black or African American	31.9%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.4%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alexander County	Calhoun County
No high school diploma	13.3%	6.6%
High school graduate	40.9%	33.3%
Some college or associate's	33.2%	41.7%
Bachelor's degree	7.3%	13.2%
Graduate or professional degree	5.3%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alexander County	Calhoun County
Drove alone	85.4%	75.6%
Carpooled	7.4%	6.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.5%	16.8%
Other means	2.7%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alexander County	Calhoun County
1-unit, detached	76.1%	82.1%
1-unit, attached	0.2%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	2.0%	3.7%
5 to 19 units	2.9%	1.5%
20 or more units	5.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	13.7%	11.3%

Poverty & households

	Alexander County	Calhoun County
Poverty rate	21.0%	5.8%
Average household size	2.69	3.52
Mean commute (minutes)	31	49
Median year structure built	1969	1968