Boone County vs Grundy County

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

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

Boone County has the higher population (53,316 vs 52,920 in Grundy County). Grundy County has the higher median household income ($93,060 vs $81,638 in Boone County). Grundy County has the higher median home value ($259,200 vs $198,600 in Boone County).

Population, income & housing

	Boone County	Grundy County
Population	53,316	52,920
Median age	39.5 yrs	38.6 yrs
Median household income	$81,638	$93,060
Median home value	$198,600	$259,200
Median gross rent	$1,011	$1,137
Housing units	20,238	21,324
Homeownership rate	83.0%	75.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.2%	24.2%
Unemployment rate	7.8%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Boone County	Grundy County
Population	53,537 → 53,316 (-0.4%)	50,666 → 52,920 (+4.4%)
Median household income	$69,272 → $81,638 (+17.9%)	$77,350 → $93,060 (+20.3%)
Median home value	$153,400 → $198,600 (+29.5%)	$199,300 → $259,200 (+30.1%)
Median gross rent	$854 → $1,011 (+18.4%)	$999 → $1,137 (+13.8%)

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

Grundy County

Population

50,66652,920

Median household income

$77,350$93,060

Median home value

$199,300$259,200

Median gross rent

$999$1,137

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Boone County	Grundy County
Under 5	5.4%	5.8%
5 to 17	18.8%	18.9%
18 to 24	9.4%	8.7%
25 to 34	11.0%	11.8%
35 to 44	12.1%	13.6%
45 to 54	13.7%	13.4%
55 to 64	13.3%	13.1%
65 to 74	9.8%	8.9%
75 and over	6.6%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Boone County	Grundy County
White (non-Hispanic)	68.9%	83.3%
Black or African American	1.9%	2.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	1.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.0%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	24.9%	11.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Boone County	Grundy County
No high school diploma	14.4%	5.8%
High school graduate	30.4%	34.0%
Some college or associate's	32.0%	36.0%
Bachelor's degree	14.4%	16.3%
Graduate or professional degree	8.8%	7.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Boone County	Grundy County
Drove alone	77.0%	83.8%
Carpooled	11.3%	4.4%
Public transit	0.5%	0.6%
Walked	0.9%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.1%
Worked from home	9.4%	9.7%
Other means	0.4%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Boone County	Grundy County
1-unit, detached	80.1%	71.0%
1-unit, attached	4.8%	9.8%
2 to 4 units	5.6%	7.6%
5 to 19 units	1.5%	5.5%
20 or more units	1.9%	2.1%
Mobile home & other	6.1%	3.9%

Poverty & households

	Boone County	Grundy County
Poverty rate	10.5%	6.3%
Average household size	2.77	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	27	28
Median year structure built	1981	1990