Edgar County vs Piatt County

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

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

Piatt County has the higher population (16,702 vs 16,637 in Edgar County). Piatt County has the higher median household income ($87,516 vs $56,909 in Edgar County). Piatt County has the higher median home value ($173,200 vs $95,700 in Edgar County).

Population, income & housing

	Edgar County	Piatt County
Population	16,637	16,702
Median age	46.4 yrs	42.5 yrs
Median household income	$56,909	$87,516
Median home value	$95,700	$173,200
Median gross rent	$757	$950
Housing units	8,236	7,380
Homeownership rate	72.7%	85.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.1%	31.9%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Edgar County	Piatt County
Population	17,407 → 16,637 (-4.4%)	16,401 → 16,702 (+1.8%)
Median household income	$53,647 → $56,909 (+6.1%)	$70,849 → $87,516 (+23.5%)
Median home value	$82,800 → $95,700 (+15.6%)	$138,600 → $173,200 (+25.0%)
Median gross rent	$611 → $757 (+23.9%)	$851 → $950 (+11.6%)

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

Piatt County

Population

16,40116,702

Median household income

$70,849$87,516

Median home value

$138,600$173,200

Median gross rent

$851$950

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Edgar County	Piatt County
Under 5	4.8%	5.2%
5 to 17	15.0%	16.7%
18 to 24	6.6%	6.8%
25 to 34	10.5%	11.0%
35 to 44	11.9%	12.8%
45 to 54	12.5%	12.3%
55 to 64	14.9%	14.7%
65 to 74	13.4%	11.9%
75 and over	10.6%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Edgar County	Piatt County
White (non-Hispanic)	96.1%	95.1%
Black or African American	0.5%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	1.7%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	1.4%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Edgar County	Piatt County
No high school diploma	9.9%	4.0%
High school graduate	41.5%	33.2%
Some college or associate's	28.4%	31.0%
Bachelor's degree	15.1%	20.6%
Graduate or professional degree	5.1%	11.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Edgar County	Piatt County
Drove alone	85.1%	85.1%
Carpooled	6.9%	5.8%
Public transit	0.6%	0.3%
Walked	2.0%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.7%	6.9%
Other means	0.5%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Edgar County	Piatt County
1-unit, detached	78.2%	85.8%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	5.0%
2 to 4 units	6.6%	3.3%
5 to 19 units	3.8%	2.0%
20 or more units	2.4%	1.7%
Mobile home & other	8.6%	2.2%

Poverty & households

	Edgar County	Piatt County
Poverty rate	11.8%	5.9%
Average household size	2.13	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	18	24
Median year structure built	1964	1972