Gallatin County vs Pope County

A side-by-side comparison of Gallatin County and Pope County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Gallatin County has the higher population (4,857 vs 3,757 in Pope County). Pope County has the higher median household income ($62,500 vs $54,626 in Gallatin County). Pope County has the higher median home value ($165,300 vs $84,700 in Gallatin County).

Population, income & housing

	Gallatin County	Pope County
Population	4,857	3,757
Median age	47.3 yrs	50.8 yrs
Median household income	$54,626	$62,500
Median home value	$84,700	$165,300
Median gross rent	$500	$438
Housing units	2,506	2,273
Homeownership rate	80.4%	86.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.3%	16.8%
Unemployment rate	7.3%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gallatin County	Pope County
Population	5,064 → 4,857 (-4.1%)	4,203 → 3,757 (-10.6%)
Median household income	$44,076 → $54,626 (+23.9%)	$38,056 → $62,500 (+64.2%)
Median home value	$73,900 → $84,700 (+14.6%)	$93,000 → $165,300 (+77.7%)
Median gross rent	$439 → $500 (+13.9%)	$313 → $438 (+39.9%)

Gallatin County

Population

5,0644,857

Median household income

$44,076$54,626

Median home value

$73,900$84,700

Median gross rent

$439$500

Pope County

Population

4,2033,757

Median household income

$38,056$62,500

Median home value

$93,000$165,300

Median gross rent

$313$438

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gallatin County	Pope County
Under 5	4.2%	5.3%
5 to 17	15.6%	10.4%
18 to 24	6.2%	8.0%
25 to 34	9.7%	7.3%
35 to 44	11.7%	10.6%
45 to 54	12.6%	13.1%
55 to 64	14.5%	19.2%
65 to 74	13.7%	16.9%
75 and over	11.9%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gallatin County	Pope County
White (non-Hispanic)	95.3%	89.2%
Black or African American	0.7%	5.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.7%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gallatin County	Pope County
No high school diploma	13.6%	8.3%
High school graduate	35.3%	38.1%
Some college or associate's	35.8%	36.8%
Bachelor's degree	9.6%	11.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gallatin County	Pope County
Drove alone	90.3%	82.3%
Carpooled	7.7%	8.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.9%	8.5%
Other means	1.1%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gallatin County	Pope County
1-unit, detached	70.9%	72.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.2%
2 to 4 units	7.4%	3.1%
5 to 19 units	0.9%	0.9%
20 or more units	0.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	20.7%	23.3%

Poverty & households

	Gallatin County	Pope County
Poverty rate	15.6%	14.3%
Average household size	2.31	2.63
Mean commute (minutes)	25	28
Median year structure built	1971	1989