Cass County vs Ford County

A side-by-side comparison of Cass County and Ford County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Ford County has the higher population (13,396 vs 12,826 in Cass County). Cass County has the higher median household income ($64,907 vs $60,782 in Ford County). Ford County has the higher median home value ($118,100 vs $95,500 in Cass County).

Population, income & housing

	Cass County	Ford County
Population	12,826	13,396
Median age	38.1 yrs	42.5 yrs
Median household income	$64,907	$60,782
Median home value	$95,500	$118,100
Median gross rent	$723	$836
Housing units	5,665	6,263
Homeownership rate	74.9%	74.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.0%	19.4%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cass County	Ford County
Population	12,493 → 12,826 (+2.7%)	13,270 → 13,396 (+0.9%)
Median household income	$52,373 → $64,907 (+23.9%)	$52,092 → $60,782 (+16.7%)
Median home value	$80,800 → $95,500 (+18.2%)	$98,300 → $118,100 (+20.1%)
Median gross rent	$598 → $723 (+20.9%)	$676 → $836 (+23.7%)

Cass County

Population

12,49312,826

Median household income

$52,373$64,907

Median home value

$80,800$95,500

Median gross rent

$598$723

Ford County

Population

13,27013,396

Median household income

$52,092$60,782

Median home value

$98,300$118,100

Median gross rent

$676$836

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cass County	Ford County
Under 5	6.7%	5.7%
5 to 17	17.8%	17.6%
18 to 24	7.8%	7.3%
25 to 34	13.0%	11.0%
35 to 44	12.6%	12.4%
45 to 54	11.4%	12.3%
55 to 64	12.2%	14.5%
65 to 74	11.7%	10.9%
75 and over	6.8%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cass County	Ford County
White (non-Hispanic)	71.2%	90.5%
Black or African American	3.7%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.6%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.3%
Two or more races	1.3%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	21.9%	4.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cass County	Ford County
No high school diploma	13.3%	8.1%
High school graduate	42.4%	36.1%
Some college or associate's	24.4%	36.4%
Bachelor's degree	15.0%	12.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	7.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cass County	Ford County
Drove alone	79.4%	77.5%
Carpooled	12.5%	10.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.4%
Worked from home	5.8%	8.8%
Other means	0.7%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cass County	Ford County
1-unit, detached	79.5%	81.4%
1-unit, attached	0.1%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	5.2%	8.2%
5 to 19 units	2.1%	3.6%
20 or more units	1.8%	2.9%
Mobile home & other	11.3%	3.3%

Poverty & households

	Cass County	Ford County
Poverty rate	10.9%	12.7%
Average household size	2.47	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	22	24
Median year structure built	1967	1955