Clinton County vs Woodford County

A side-by-side comparison of Clinton County and Woodford County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Woodford County has the higher population (38,348 vs 36,899 in Clinton County). Woodford County has the higher median household income ($85,629 vs $82,314 in Clinton County). Woodford County has the higher median home value ($193,800 vs $180,500 in Clinton County).

Population, income & housing

	Clinton County	Woodford County
Population	36,899	38,348
Median age	41.4 yrs	40.5 yrs
Median household income	$82,314	$85,629
Median home value	$180,500	$193,800
Median gross rent	$934	$907
Housing units	15,677	15,745
Homeownership rate	79.3%	83.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.4%	36.1%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clinton County	Woodford County
Population	37,634 → 36,899 (-2.0%)	38,700 → 38,348 (-0.9%)
Median household income	$66,639 → $82,314 (+23.5%)	$72,808 → $85,629 (+17.6%)
Median home value	$146,200 → $180,500 (+23.5%)	$168,700 → $193,800 (+14.9%)
Median gross rent	$808 → $934 (+15.6%)	$758 → $907 (+19.7%)

Clinton County

Population

37,63436,899

Median household income

$66,639$82,314

Median home value

$146,200$180,500

Median gross rent

$808$934

Woodford County

Population

38,70038,348

Median household income

$72,808$85,629

Median home value

$168,700$193,800

Median gross rent

$758$907

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clinton County	Woodford County
Under 5	5.7%	5.7%
5 to 17	15.9%	18.4%
18 to 24	6.9%	8.4%
25 to 34	12.6%	10.2%
35 to 44	13.4%	12.7%
45 to 54	12.3%	12.1%
55 to 64	15.1%	13.8%
65 to 74	10.7%	11.0%
75 and over	7.5%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clinton County	Woodford County
White (non-Hispanic)	90.5%	94.0%
Black or African American	3.1%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	1.9%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	3.9%	2.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clinton County	Woodford County
No high school diploma	8.0%	5.2%
High school graduate	32.1%	27.1%
Some college or associate's	35.5%	31.6%
Bachelor's degree	17.0%	23.7%
Graduate or professional degree	7.4%	12.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clinton County	Woodford County
Drove alone	79.1%	79.2%
Carpooled	6.5%	7.5%
Public transit	0.5%	0.1%
Walked	2.4%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.1%
Worked from home	11.1%	11.1%
Other means	0.4%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clinton County	Woodford County
1-unit, detached	80.9%	85.4%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	3.6%
2 to 4 units	5.4%	3.6%
5 to 19 units	1.4%	2.5%
20 or more units	1.8%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	8.5%	3.7%

Poverty & households

	Clinton County	Woodford County
Poverty rate	7.5%	7.6%
Average household size	2.41	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	26	24
Median year structure built	1977	1973