Fulton County vs Morgan County

A side-by-side comparison of Fulton County and Morgan County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Fulton County has the higher population (33,259 vs 32,621 in Morgan County). Morgan County has the higher median household income ($65,175 vs $58,617 in Fulton County). Morgan County has the higher median home value ($128,700 vs $102,500 in Fulton County).

Population, income & housing

	Fulton County	Morgan County
Population	33,259	32,621
Median age	43.7 yrs	41.5 yrs
Median household income	$58,617	$65,175
Median home value	$102,500	$128,700
Median gross rent	$808	$710
Housing units	15,883	15,033
Homeownership rate	77.9%	71.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.6%	23.3%
Unemployment rate	6.6%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fulton County	Morgan County
Population	35,092 → 33,259 (-5.2%)	34,247 → 32,621 (-4.7%)
Median household income	$51,643 → $58,617 (+13.5%)	$51,437 → $65,175 (+26.7%)
Median home value	$88,600 → $102,500 (+15.7%)	$110,100 → $128,700 (+16.9%)
Median gross rent	$646 → $808 (+25.1%)	$720 → $710 (-1.4%)

Fulton County

Population

35,09233,259

Median household income

$51,643$58,617

Median home value

$88,600$102,500

Median gross rent

$646$808

Morgan County

Population

34,24732,621

Median household income

$51,437$65,175

Median home value

$110,100$128,700

Median gross rent

$720$710

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fulton County	Morgan County
Under 5	4.9%	5.0%
5 to 17	14.9%	14.3%
18 to 24	7.2%	10.0%
25 to 34	12.3%	12.0%
35 to 44	12.6%	12.0%
45 to 54	12.8%	11.6%
55 to 64	14.2%	14.3%
65 to 74	12.5%	11.7%
75 and over	8.6%	9.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fulton County	Morgan County
White (non-Hispanic)	92.1%	87.6%
Black or African American	2.5%	5.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.1%
Asian	0.3%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.2%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	2.4%	2.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fulton County	Morgan County
No high school diploma	9.1%	10.4%
High school graduate	37.7%	39.4%
Some college or associate's	35.6%	26.9%
Bachelor's degree	12.1%	16.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	7.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fulton County	Morgan County
Drove alone	82.3%	82.2%
Carpooled	8.9%	5.9%
Public transit	0.1%	1.1%
Walked	2.4%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.1%
Worked from home	5.0%	8.8%
Other means	1.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fulton County	Morgan County
1-unit, detached	87.2%	75.9%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	4.1%	8.0%
5 to 19 units	2.1%	3.5%
20 or more units	2.4%	3.0%
Mobile home & other	3.0%	7.3%

Poverty & households

	Fulton County	Morgan County
Poverty rate	12.6%	12.5%
Average household size	2.25	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	25	19
Median year structure built	1959	1966