Bond County vs Piatt County

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

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

Piatt County has the higher population (16,702 vs 16,627 in Bond County). Piatt County has the higher median household income ($87,516 vs $61,603 in Bond County). Piatt County has the higher median home value ($173,200 vs $133,100 in Bond County).

Population, income & housing

	Bond County	Piatt County
Population	16,627	16,702
Median age	40.4 yrs	42.5 yrs
Median household income	$61,603	$87,516
Median home value	$133,100	$173,200
Median gross rent	$735	$950
Housing units	6,892	7,380
Homeownership rate	73.9%	85.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.2%	31.9%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bond County	Piatt County
Population	16,589 → 16,627 (+0.2%)	16,401 → 16,702 (+1.8%)
Median household income	$57,289 → $61,603 (+7.5%)	$70,849 → $87,516 (+23.5%)
Median home value	$119,700 → $133,100 (+11.2%)	$138,600 → $173,200 (+25.0%)
Median gross rent	$609 → $735 (+20.7%)	$851 → $950 (+11.6%)

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

Piatt County

Population

16,40116,702

Median household income

$70,849$87,516

Median home value

$138,600$173,200

Median gross rent

$851$950

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bond County	Piatt County
Under 5	3.9%	5.2%
5 to 17	14.3%	16.7%
18 to 24	13.1%	6.8%
25 to 34	11.7%	11.0%
35 to 44	13.3%	12.8%
45 to 54	11.5%	12.3%
55 to 64	13.8%	14.7%
65 to 74	10.8%	11.9%
75 and over	7.5%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bond County	Piatt County
White (non-Hispanic)	86.4%	95.1%
Black or African American	6.7%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.2%
Two or more races	1.7%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	3.8%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bond County	Piatt County
No high school diploma	10.7%	4.0%
High school graduate	32.1%	33.2%
Some college or associate's	36.0%	31.0%
Bachelor's degree	12.3%	20.6%
Graduate or professional degree	9.0%	11.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bond County	Piatt County
Drove alone	80.0%	85.1%
Carpooled	4.2%	5.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	6.0%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.1%	6.9%
Other means	1.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bond County	Piatt County
1-unit, detached	74.4%	85.8%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	5.0%
2 to 4 units	4.1%	3.3%
5 to 19 units	5.5%	2.0%
20 or more units	1.0%	1.7%
Mobile home & other	13.8%	2.2%

Poverty & households

	Bond County	Piatt County
Poverty rate	12.7%	5.9%
Average household size	2.33	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	23	24
Median year structure built	1974	1972