Champaign County vs McHenry County

A side-by-side comparison of Champaign County and McHenry County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

McHenry County has the higher population (311,366 vs 206,098 in Champaign County). McHenry County has the higher median household income ($102,836 vs $63,091 in Champaign County). McHenry County has the higher median home value ($286,900 vs $205,100 in Champaign County).

Population, income & housing

	Champaign County	McHenry County
Population	206,098	311,366
Median age	30.9 yrs	40.4 yrs
Median household income	$63,091	$102,836
Median home value	$205,100	$286,900
Median gross rent	$1,018	$1,358
Housing units	94,351	120,605
Homeownership rate	53.4%	82.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.6%	35.2%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Champaign County	McHenry County
Population	209,922 → 206,098 (-1.8%)	307,714 → 311,366 (+1.2%)
Median household income	$52,797 → $63,091 (+19.5%)	$86,799 → $102,836 (+18.5%)
Median home value	$162,100 → $205,100 (+26.5%)	$224,500 → $286,900 (+27.8%)
Median gross rent	$882 → $1,018 (+15.4%)	$1,197 → $1,358 (+13.5%)

Champaign County

Population

209,922206,098

Median household income

$52,797$63,091

Median home value

$162,100$205,100

Median gross rent

$882$1,018

McHenry County

Population

307,714311,366

Median household income

$86,799$102,836

Median home value

$224,500$286,900

Median gross rent

$1,197$1,358

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Champaign County	McHenry County
Under 5	5.3%	5.3%
5 to 17	14.0%	17.7%
18 to 24	22.2%	8.1%
25 to 34	13.6%	11.5%
35 to 44	11.6%	13.1%
45 to 54	9.7%	13.7%
55 to 64	9.9%	14.6%
65 to 74	8.2%	9.9%
75 and over	5.4%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Champaign County	McHenry County
White (non-Hispanic)	63.6%	76.9%
Black or African American	13.1%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	10.7%	2.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.3%
Two or more races	4.1%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	8.1%	15.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Champaign County	McHenry County
No high school diploma	4.9%	6.3%
High school graduate	22.3%	26.9%
Some college or associate's	26.2%	31.7%
Bachelor's degree	21.0%	23.3%
Graduate or professional degree	25.5%	11.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Champaign County	McHenry County
Drove alone	65.6%	74.9%
Carpooled	7.9%	7.1%
Public transit	3.7%	1.4%
Walked	7.2%	1.0%
Bicycle	1.5%	0.1%
Worked from home	13.2%	14.7%
Other means	1.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Champaign County	McHenry County
1-unit, detached	51.7%	77.4%
1-unit, attached	5.2%	10.6%
2 to 4 units	6.8%	3.7%
5 to 19 units	17.3%	5.5%
20 or more units	15.7%	2.2%
Mobile home & other	3.4%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Champaign County	McHenry County
Poverty rate	18.0%	6.1%
Average household size	2.29	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	17	31
Median year structure built	1982	1989