Edgar County vs Warren County

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

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

Edgar County has the higher population (16,637 vs 16,576 in Warren County). Warren County has the higher median household income ($64,650 vs $56,909 in Edgar County). Warren County has the higher median home value ($101,300 vs $95,700 in Edgar County).

Population, income & housing

	Edgar County	Warren County
Population	16,637	16,576
Median age	46.4 yrs	38.7 yrs
Median household income	$56,909	$64,650
Median home value	$95,700	$101,300
Median gross rent	$757	$694
Housing units	8,236	7,598
Homeownership rate	72.7%	78.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.1%	22.0%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Edgar County	Warren County
Population	17,407 → 16,637 (-4.4%)	17,146 → 16,576 (-3.3%)
Median household income	$53,647 → $56,909 (+6.1%)	$50,310 → $64,650 (+28.5%)
Median home value	$82,800 → $95,700 (+15.6%)	$83,900 → $101,300 (+20.7%)
Median gross rent	$611 → $757 (+23.9%)	$628 → $694 (+10.5%)

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

Warren County

Population

17,14616,576

Median household income

$50,310$64,650

Median home value

$83,900$101,300

Median gross rent

$628$694

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Edgar County	Warren County
Under 5	4.8%	5.4%
5 to 17	15.0%	16.8%
18 to 24	6.6%	12.4%
25 to 34	10.5%	10.5%
35 to 44	11.9%	10.5%
45 to 54	12.5%	11.4%
55 to 64	14.9%	13.3%
65 to 74	13.4%	11.5%
75 and over	10.6%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Edgar County	Warren County
White (non-Hispanic)	96.1%	81.7%
Black or African American	0.5%	2.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.2%	2.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	1.7%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	1.4%	10.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Edgar County	Warren County
No high school diploma	9.9%	13.4%
High school graduate	41.5%	34.4%
Some college or associate's	28.4%	30.2%
Bachelor's degree	15.1%	14.2%
Graduate or professional degree	5.1%	7.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Edgar County	Warren County
Drove alone	85.1%	82.3%
Carpooled	6.9%	6.7%
Public transit	0.6%	0.4%
Walked	2.0%	4.0%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.1%
Worked from home	4.7%	5.5%
Other means	0.5%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Edgar County	Warren County
1-unit, detached	78.2%	87.1%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	6.6%	2.9%
5 to 19 units	3.8%	3.6%
20 or more units	2.4%	3.1%
Mobile home & other	8.6%	2.3%

Poverty & households

	Edgar County	Warren County
Poverty rate	11.8%	12.8%
Average household size	2.13	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	18	19
Median year structure built	1964	1956