Ford County vs Massac County

A side-by-side comparison of Ford County and Massac County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Massac County has the higher population (13,958 vs 13,396 in Ford County). Massac County has the higher median household income ($62,584 vs $60,782 in Ford County). Ford County has the higher median home value ($118,100 vs $118,000 in Massac County).

Population, income & housing

	Ford County	Massac County
Population	13,396	13,958
Median age	42.5 yrs	45.0 yrs
Median household income	$60,782	$62,584
Median home value	$118,100	$118,000
Median gross rent	$836	$793
Housing units	6,263	6,824
Homeownership rate	74.1%	79.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.4%	16.3%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ford County	Massac County
Population	13,270 → 13,396 (+0.9%)	14,219 → 13,958 (-1.8%)
Median household income	$52,092 → $60,782 (+16.7%)	$47,481 → $62,584 (+31.8%)
Median home value	$98,300 → $118,100 (+20.1%)	$83,600 → $118,000 (+41.1%)
Median gross rent	$676 → $836 (+23.7%)	$692 → $793 (+14.6%)

Ford County

Population

13,27013,396

Median household income

$52,092$60,782

Median home value

$98,300$118,100

Median gross rent

$676$836

Massac County

Population

14,21913,958

Median household income

$47,481$62,584

Median home value

$83,600$118,000

Median gross rent

$692$793

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ford County	Massac County
Under 5	5.7%	4.6%
5 to 17	17.6%	16.6%
18 to 24	7.3%	6.5%
25 to 34	11.0%	9.6%
35 to 44	12.4%	12.8%
45 to 54	12.3%	13.2%
55 to 64	14.5%	15.4%
65 to 74	10.9%	11.5%
75 and over	8.4%	9.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ford County	Massac County
White (non-Hispanic)	90.5%	86.7%
Black or African American	0.6%	6.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.1%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	4.6%	2.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ford County	Massac County
No high school diploma	8.1%	10.7%
High school graduate	36.1%	34.3%
Some college or associate's	36.4%	38.7%
Bachelor's degree	12.5%	11.4%
Graduate or professional degree	7.0%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ford County	Massac County
Drove alone	77.5%	85.8%
Carpooled	10.0%	7.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	2.7%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.1%
Worked from home	8.8%	5.7%
Other means	0.5%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ford County	Massac County
1-unit, detached	81.4%	75.7%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	8.2%	5.3%
5 to 19 units	3.6%	0.7%
20 or more units	2.9%	1.3%
Mobile home & other	3.3%	16.4%

Poverty & households

	Ford County	Massac County
Poverty rate	12.7%	14.9%
Average household size	2.27	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	24	21
Median year structure built	1955	1975