Bureau County vs Effingham County

A side-by-side comparison of Bureau County and Effingham County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Effingham County has the higher population (34,505 vs 33,027 in Bureau County). Effingham County has the higher median household income ($75,380 vs $65,894 in Bureau County). Effingham County has the higher median home value ($179,800 vs $121,900 in Bureau County).

Population, income & housing

	Bureau County	Effingham County
Population	33,027	34,505
Median age	44.1 yrs	39.5 yrs
Median household income	$65,894	$75,380
Median home value	$121,900	$179,800
Median gross rent	$838	$734
Housing units	15,646	15,336
Homeownership rate	76.2%	78.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.4%	26.0%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bureau County	Effingham County
Population	33,122 → 33,027 (-0.3%)	34,137 → 34,505 (+1.1%)
Median household income	$57,436 → $65,894 (+14.7%)	$56,685 → $75,380 (+33.0%)
Median home value	$111,700 → $121,900 (+9.1%)	$143,600 → $179,800 (+25.2%)
Median gross rent	$680 → $838 (+23.2%)	$650 → $734 (+12.9%)

Bureau County

Population

33,12233,027

Median household income

$57,436$65,894

Median home value

$111,700$121,900

Median gross rent

$680$838

Effingham County

Population

34,13734,505

Median household income

$56,685$75,380

Median home value

$143,600$179,800

Median gross rent

$650$734

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bureau County	Effingham County
Under 5	5.2%	6.5%
5 to 17	15.8%	17.7%
18 to 24	7.7%	7.1%
25 to 34	10.7%	13.0%
35 to 44	11.4%	12.0%
45 to 54	11.9%	11.3%
55 to 64	14.5%	14.2%
65 to 74	12.7%	10.7%
75 and over	10.0%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bureau County	Effingham County
White (non-Hispanic)	85.4%	94.6%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.0%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	9.8%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bureau County	Effingham County
No high school diploma	9.0%	6.8%
High school graduate	34.7%	31.6%
Some college or associate's	34.9%	35.5%
Bachelor's degree	14.3%	17.8%
Graduate or professional degree	7.1%	8.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bureau County	Effingham County
Drove alone	81.4%	79.6%
Carpooled	9.7%	6.4%
Public transit	0.2%	0.3%
Walked	2.7%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.1%
Worked from home	4.4%	10.9%
Other means	1.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bureau County	Effingham County
1-unit, detached	86.2%	78.9%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	4.6%	5.5%
5 to 19 units	3.5%	4.1%
20 or more units	2.2%	2.4%
Mobile home & other	2.6%	7.6%

Poverty & households

	Bureau County	Effingham County
Poverty rate	12.6%	10.6%
Average household size	2.32	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	21	18
Median year structure built	1957	1978