Edgar County vs Hancock County

A side-by-side comparison of Edgar County and Hancock County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Hancock County has the higher population (17,434 vs 16,637 in Edgar County). Hancock County has the higher median household income ($65,044 vs $56,909 in Edgar County). Hancock County has the higher median home value ($108,400 vs $95,700 in Edgar County).

Population, income & housing

	Edgar County	Hancock County
Population	16,637	17,434
Median age	46.4 yrs	46.3 yrs
Median household income	$56,909	$65,044
Median home value	$95,700	$108,400
Median gross rent	$757	$755
Housing units	8,236	8,959
Homeownership rate	72.7%	81.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.1%	24.2%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Edgar County	Hancock County
Population	17,407 → 16,637 (-4.4%)	17,983 → 17,434 (-3.1%)
Median household income	$53,647 → $56,909 (+6.1%)	$52,561 → $65,044 (+23.7%)
Median home value	$82,800 → $95,700 (+15.6%)	$85,600 → $108,400 (+26.6%)
Median gross rent	$611 → $757 (+23.9%)	$617 → $755 (+22.4%)

Edgar County

Population

17,40716,637

Median household income

$53,647$56,909

Median home value

$82,800$95,700

Median gross rent

$611$757

Hancock County

Population

17,98317,434

Median household income

$52,561$65,044

Median home value

$85,600$108,400

Median gross rent

$617$755

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Edgar County	Hancock County
Under 5	4.8%	4.9%
5 to 17	15.0%	16.2%
18 to 24	6.6%	6.7%
25 to 34	10.5%	10.0%
35 to 44	11.9%	11.0%
45 to 54	12.5%	11.6%
55 to 64	14.9%	15.7%
65 to 74	13.4%	13.7%
75 and over	10.6%	10.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Edgar County	Hancock County
White (non-Hispanic)	96.1%	94.6%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.2%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	1.7%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.4%	2.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Edgar County	Hancock County
No high school diploma	9.9%	6.0%
High school graduate	41.5%	33.8%
Some college or associate's	28.4%	36.0%
Bachelor's degree	15.1%	17.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.1%	7.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Edgar County	Hancock County
Drove alone	85.1%	82.9%
Carpooled	6.9%	5.7%
Public transit	0.6%	0.2%
Walked	2.0%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.7%	7.9%
Other means	0.5%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Edgar County	Hancock County
1-unit, detached	78.2%	82.4%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	6.6%	7.1%
5 to 19 units	3.8%	3.6%
20 or more units	2.4%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	8.6%	5.6%

Poverty & households

	Edgar County	Hancock County
Poverty rate	11.8%	12.7%
Average household size	2.13	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	18	24
Median year structure built	1964	1963