Calhoun County vs Pope County

A side-by-side comparison of Calhoun County and Pope County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Calhoun County has the higher population (4,406 vs 3,757 in Pope County). Calhoun County has the higher median household income ($92,095 vs $62,500 in Pope County). Calhoun County has the higher median home value ($174,000 vs $165,300 in Pope County).

Population, income & housing

	Calhoun County	Pope County
Population	4,406	3,757
Median age	48.5 yrs	50.8 yrs
Median household income	$92,095	$62,500
Median home value	$174,000	$165,300
Median gross rent	$479	$438
Housing units	2,298	2,273
Homeownership rate	89.1%	86.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.4%	16.8%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Calhoun County	Pope County
Population	4,830 → 4,406 (-8.8%)	4,203 → 3,757 (-10.6%)
Median household income	$63,009 → $92,095 (+46.2%)	$38,056 → $62,500 (+64.2%)
Median home value	$121,000 → $174,000 (+43.8%)	$93,000 → $165,300 (+77.7%)
Median gross rent	$617 → $479 (-22.4%)	$313 → $438 (+39.9%)

Calhoun County

Population

4,8304,406

Median household income

$63,009$92,095

Median home value

$121,000$174,000

Median gross rent

$617$479

Pope County

Population

4,2033,757

Median household income

$38,056$62,500

Median home value

$93,000$165,300

Median gross rent

$313$438

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Calhoun County	Pope County
Under 5	4.2%	5.3%
5 to 17	16.2%	10.4%
18 to 24	8.5%	8.0%
25 to 34	6.7%	7.3%
35 to 44	10.8%	10.6%
45 to 54	12.7%	13.1%
55 to 64	16.4%	19.2%
65 to 74	13.7%	16.9%
75 and over	11.0%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Calhoun County	Pope County
White (non-Hispanic)	94.8%	89.2%
Black or African American	1.0%	5.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.7%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.0%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Calhoun County	Pope County
No high school diploma	6.6%	8.3%
High school graduate	33.3%	38.1%
Some college or associate's	41.7%	36.8%
Bachelor's degree	13.2%	11.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.1%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Calhoun County	Pope County
Drove alone	75.6%	82.3%
Carpooled	6.8%	8.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.8%	8.5%
Other means	0.8%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Calhoun County	Pope County
1-unit, detached	82.1%	72.5%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	0.2%
2 to 4 units	3.7%	3.1%
5 to 19 units	1.5%	0.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	11.3%	23.3%

Poverty & households

	Calhoun County	Pope County
Poverty rate	5.8%	14.3%
Average household size	3.52	2.63
Mean commute (minutes)	49	28
Median year structure built	1968	1989