Edgar County vs Union County

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

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

Union County has the higher population (16,972 vs 16,637 in Edgar County). Edgar County has the higher median household income ($56,909 vs $56,420 in Union County). Union County has the higher median home value ($131,700 vs $95,700 in Edgar County).

Population, income & housing

	Edgar County	Union County
Population	16,637	16,972
Median age	46.4 yrs	44.3 yrs
Median household income	$56,909	$56,420
Median home value	$95,700	$131,700
Median gross rent	$757	$658
Housing units	8,236	7,861
Homeownership rate	72.7%	76.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.1%	20.9%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Edgar County	Union County
Population	17,407 → 16,637 (-4.4%)	16,968 → 16,972 (+0.0%)
Median household income	$53,647 → $56,909 (+6.1%)	$50,625 → $56,420 (+11.4%)
Median home value	$82,800 → $95,700 (+15.6%)	$109,900 → $131,700 (+19.8%)
Median gross rent	$611 → $757 (+23.9%)	$612 → $658 (+7.5%)

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

Union County

Population

16,96816,972

Median household income

$50,625$56,420

Median home value

$109,900$131,700

Median gross rent

$612$658

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Edgar County	Union County
Under 5	4.8%	5.4%
5 to 17	15.0%	16.0%
18 to 24	6.6%	6.5%
25 to 34	10.5%	10.9%
35 to 44	11.9%	11.8%
45 to 54	12.5%	13.0%
55 to 64	14.9%	14.2%
65 to 74	13.4%	12.4%
75 and over	10.6%	9.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Edgar County	Union County
White (non-Hispanic)	96.1%	90.1%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.2%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.7%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	1.4%	5.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Edgar County	Union County
No high school diploma	9.9%	13.0%
High school graduate	41.5%	34.9%
Some college or associate's	28.4%	31.3%
Bachelor's degree	15.1%	14.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.1%	6.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Edgar County	Union County
Drove alone	85.1%	84.1%
Carpooled	6.9%	7.2%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	2.0%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.7%	5.6%
Other means	0.5%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Edgar County	Union County
1-unit, detached	78.2%	76.1%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	6.6%	4.6%
5 to 19 units	3.8%	1.8%
20 or more units	2.4%	3.0%
Mobile home & other	8.6%	13.6%

Poverty & households

	Edgar County	Union County
Poverty rate	11.8%	19.4%
Average household size	2.13	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	18	26
Median year structure built	1964	1975