Bureau County vs Lee County

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

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

Lee County has the higher population (34,058 vs 33,027 in Bureau County). Lee County has the higher median household income ($68,459 vs $65,894 in Bureau County). Lee County has the higher median home value ($155,100 vs $121,900 in Bureau County).

Population, income & housing

	Bureau County	Lee County
Population	33,027	34,058
Median age	44.1 yrs	43.0 yrs
Median household income	$65,894	$68,459
Median home value	$121,900	$155,100
Median gross rent	$838	$853
Housing units	15,646	14,993
Homeownership rate	76.2%	73.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.4%	19.4%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bureau County	Lee County
Population	33,122 → 33,027 (-0.3%)	34,389 → 34,058 (-1.0%)
Median household income	$57,436 → $65,894 (+14.7%)	$58,194 → $68,459 (+17.6%)
Median home value	$111,700 → $121,900 (+9.1%)	$119,900 → $155,100 (+29.4%)
Median gross rent	$680 → $838 (+23.2%)	$694 → $853 (+22.9%)

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

Lee County

Population

34,38934,058

Median household income

$58,194$68,459

Median home value

$119,900$155,100

Median gross rent

$694$853

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bureau County	Lee County
Under 5	5.2%	4.9%
5 to 17	15.8%	15.0%
18 to 24	7.7%	6.6%
25 to 34	10.7%	13.3%
35 to 44	11.4%	12.6%
45 to 54	11.9%	12.1%
55 to 64	14.5%	14.7%
65 to 74	12.7%	11.9%
75 and over	10.0%	8.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bureau County	Lee County
White (non-Hispanic)	85.4%	84.3%
Black or African American	0.6%	5.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	0.5%
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	9.8%	7.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bureau County	Lee County
No high school diploma	9.0%	9.5%
High school graduate	34.7%	37.2%
Some college or associate's	34.9%	33.9%
Bachelor's degree	14.3%	12.3%
Graduate or professional degree	7.1%	7.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bureau County	Lee County
Drove alone	81.4%	83.6%
Carpooled	9.7%	7.9%
Public transit	0.2%	0.8%
Walked	2.7%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.2%
Worked from home	4.4%	5.3%
Other means	1.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bureau County	Lee County
1-unit, detached	86.2%	78.3%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	4.6%	6.7%
5 to 19 units	3.5%	4.5%
20 or more units	2.2%	3.3%
Mobile home & other	2.6%	5.6%

Poverty & households

	Bureau County	Lee County
Poverty rate	12.6%	11.7%
Average household size	2.32	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	21	24
Median year structure built	1957	1962