Bond County vs Hancock County

A side-by-side comparison of Bond County and Hancock County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Hancock County has the higher population (17,434 vs 16,627 in Bond County). Hancock County has the higher median household income ($65,044 vs $61,603 in Bond County). Bond County has the higher median home value ($133,100 vs $108,400 in Hancock County).

Population, income & housing

	Bond County	Hancock County
Population	16,627	17,434
Median age	40.4 yrs	46.3 yrs
Median household income	$61,603	$65,044
Median home value	$133,100	$108,400
Median gross rent	$735	$755
Housing units	6,892	8,959
Homeownership rate	73.9%	81.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.2%	24.2%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bond County	Hancock County
Population	16,589 → 16,627 (+0.2%)	17,983 → 17,434 (-3.1%)
Median household income	$57,289 → $61,603 (+7.5%)	$52,561 → $65,044 (+23.7%)
Median home value	$119,700 → $133,100 (+11.2%)	$85,600 → $108,400 (+26.6%)
Median gross rent	$609 → $735 (+20.7%)	$617 → $755 (+22.4%)

Bond County

Population

16,58916,627

Median household income

$57,289$61,603

Median home value

$119,700$133,100

Median gross rent

$609$735

Hancock County

Population

17,98317,434

Median household income

$52,561$65,044

Median home value

$85,600$108,400

Median gross rent

$617$755

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bond County	Hancock County
Under 5	3.9%	4.9%
5 to 17	14.3%	16.2%
18 to 24	13.1%	6.7%
25 to 34	11.7%	10.0%
35 to 44	13.3%	11.0%
45 to 54	11.5%	11.6%
55 to 64	13.8%	15.7%
65 to 74	10.8%	13.7%
75 and over	7.5%	10.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bond County	Hancock County
White (non-Hispanic)	86.4%	94.6%
Black or African American	6.7%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	0.1%
Asian	0.5%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.1%
Two or more races	1.7%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	3.8%	2.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bond County	Hancock County
No high school diploma	10.7%	6.0%
High school graduate	32.1%	33.8%
Some college or associate's	36.0%	36.0%
Bachelor's degree	12.3%	17.1%
Graduate or professional degree	9.0%	7.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bond County	Hancock County
Drove alone	80.0%	82.9%
Carpooled	4.2%	5.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	6.0%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.1%	7.9%
Other means	1.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bond County	Hancock County
1-unit, detached	74.4%	82.4%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	4.1%	7.1%
5 to 19 units	5.5%	3.6%
20 or more units	1.0%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	13.8%	5.6%

Poverty & households

	Bond County	Hancock County
Poverty rate	12.7%	12.7%
Average household size	2.33	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	23	24
Median year structure built	1974	1963