Cumberland County vs Jasper County

A side-by-side comparison of Cumberland County and Jasper County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Cumberland County has the higher population (10,378 vs 9,233 in Jasper County). Jasper County has the higher median household income ($71,094 vs $69,826 in Cumberland County). Jasper County has the higher median home value ($122,900 vs $117,700 in Cumberland County).

Population, income & housing

	Cumberland County	Jasper County
Population	10,378	9,233
Median age	42.3 yrs	44.2 yrs
Median household income	$69,826	$71,094
Median home value	$117,700	$122,900
Median gross rent	$756	$766
Housing units	4,720	4,227
Homeownership rate	83.5%	82.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.6%	20.6%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cumberland County	Jasper County
Population	10,836 → 10,378 (-4.2%)	9,594 → 9,233 (-3.8%)
Median household income	$56,206 → $69,826 (+24.2%)	$54,256 → $71,094 (+31.0%)
Median home value	$105,800 → $117,700 (+11.2%)	$99,500 → $122,900 (+23.5%)
Median gross rent	$582 → $756 (+29.9%)	$578 → $766 (+32.5%)

Cumberland County

Population

10,83610,378

Median household income

$56,206$69,826

Median home value

$105,800$117,700

Median gross rent

$582$756

Jasper County

Population

9,5949,233

Median household income

$54,256$71,094

Median home value

$99,500$122,900

Median gross rent

$578$766

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cumberland County	Jasper County
Under 5	6.8%	5.9%
5 to 17	17.1%	16.5%
18 to 24	6.4%	7.3%
25 to 34	11.1%	10.2%
35 to 44	11.9%	11.6%
45 to 54	11.9%	12.2%
55 to 64	14.5%	15.8%
65 to 74	12.1%	11.9%
75 and over	8.3%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cumberland County	Jasper County
White (non-Hispanic)	96.0%	97.0%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.5%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cumberland County	Jasper County
No high school diploma	6.1%	6.9%
High school graduate	38.6%	34.4%
Some college or associate's	36.6%	38.1%
Bachelor's degree	12.7%	14.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.9%	6.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cumberland County	Jasper County
Drove alone	82.8%	84.8%
Carpooled	5.7%	5.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.7%
Walked	4.0%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.4%	6.9%
Other means	0.1%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cumberland County	Jasper County
1-unit, detached	84.1%	87.4%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	4.0%	1.2%
5 to 19 units	1.3%	0.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.1%
Mobile home & other	10.0%	7.3%

Poverty & households

	Cumberland County	Jasper County
Poverty rate	9.9%	8.7%
Average household size	2.45	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	24	30
Median year structure built	1969	1974