Bureau County vs Randolph County

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

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

Bureau County has the higher population (33,027 vs 30,142 in Randolph County). Randolph County has the higher median household income ($68,870 vs $65,894 in Bureau County). Randolph County has the higher median home value ($134,100 vs $121,900 in Bureau County).

Population, income & housing

	Bureau County	Randolph County
Population	33,027	30,142
Median age	44.1 yrs	43.0 yrs
Median household income	$65,894	$68,870
Median home value	$121,900	$134,100
Median gross rent	$838	$760
Housing units	15,646	13,400
Homeownership rate	76.2%	76.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.4%	14.2%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bureau County	Randolph County
Population	33,122 → 33,027 (-0.3%)	32,295 → 30,142 (-6.7%)
Median household income	$57,436 → $65,894 (+14.7%)	$53,816 → $68,870 (+28.0%)
Median home value	$111,700 → $121,900 (+9.1%)	$110,200 → $134,100 (+21.7%)
Median gross rent	$680 → $838 (+23.2%)	$680 → $760 (+11.8%)

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

Randolph County

Population

32,29530,142

Median household income

$53,816$68,870

Median home value

$110,200$134,100

Median gross rent

$680$760

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bureau County	Randolph County
Under 5	5.2%	5.1%
5 to 17	15.8%	15.3%
18 to 24	7.7%	7.3%
25 to 34	10.7%	11.7%
35 to 44	11.4%	12.8%
45 to 54	11.9%	12.2%
55 to 64	14.5%	14.7%
65 to 74	12.7%	11.8%
75 and over	10.0%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bureau County	Randolph County
White (non-Hispanic)	85.4%	85.8%
Black or African American	0.6%	7.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	0.9%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.0%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	9.8%	3.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bureau County	Randolph County
No high school diploma	9.0%	12.1%
High school graduate	34.7%	39.6%
Some college or associate's	34.9%	34.1%
Bachelor's degree	14.3%	9.4%
Graduate or professional degree	7.1%	4.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bureau County	Randolph County
Drove alone	81.4%	84.0%
Carpooled	9.7%	8.5%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	2.7%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.5%
Worked from home	4.4%	4.8%
Other means	1.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bureau County	Randolph County
1-unit, detached	86.2%	75.6%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	4.6%	6.1%
5 to 19 units	3.5%	1.4%
20 or more units	2.2%	2.1%
Mobile home & other	2.6%	13.9%

Poverty & households

	Bureau County	Randolph County
Poverty rate	12.6%	12.3%
Average household size	2.32	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	21	23
Median year structure built	1957	1972