Knox County vs Macoupin County

A side-by-side comparison of Knox County and Macoupin County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Knox County has the higher population (49,294 vs 44,566 in Macoupin County). Macoupin County has the higher median household income ($68,518 vs $53,291 in Knox County). Macoupin County has the higher median home value ($126,100 vs $104,900 in Knox County).

Population, income & housing

	Knox County	Macoupin County
Population	49,294	44,566
Median age	42.4 yrs	44.3 yrs
Median household income	$53,291	$68,518
Median home value	$104,900	$126,100
Median gross rent	$725	$789
Housing units	23,788	21,108
Homeownership rate	69.8%	77.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.3%	18.8%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Knox County	Macoupin County
Population	50,508 → 49,294 (-2.4%)	45,463 → 44,566 (-2.0%)
Median household income	$44,129 → $53,291 (+20.8%)	$55,159 → $68,518 (+24.2%)
Median home value	$83,000 → $104,900 (+26.4%)	$100,600 → $126,100 (+25.3%)
Median gross rent	$634 → $725 (+14.4%)	$701 → $789 (+12.6%)

Knox County

Population

50,50849,294

Median household income

$44,129$53,291

Median home value

$83,000$104,900

Median gross rent

$634$725

Macoupin County

Population

45,46344,566

Median household income

$55,159$68,518

Median home value

$100,600$126,100

Median gross rent

$701$789

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Knox County	Macoupin County
Under 5	5.5%	4.9%
5 to 17	14.6%	15.8%
18 to 24	9.8%	7.6%
25 to 34	11.1%	10.8%
35 to 44	11.7%	12.1%
45 to 54	11.6%	12.2%
55 to 64	13.6%	15.4%
65 to 74	12.6%	12.5%
75 and over	9.6%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Knox County	Macoupin County
White (non-Hispanic)	80.8%	94.3%
Black or African American	7.7%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	1.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.8%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	6.3%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Knox County	Macoupin County
No high school diploma	10.7%	9.2%
High school graduate	34.9%	39.9%
Some college or associate's	34.1%	32.1%
Bachelor's degree	13.1%	13.2%
Graduate or professional degree	7.2%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Knox County	Macoupin County
Drove alone	80.5%	83.8%
Carpooled	8.9%	4.8%
Public transit	0.5%	0.2%
Walked	3.6%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.1%
Worked from home	5.7%	7.9%
Other means	0.6%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Knox County	Macoupin County
1-unit, detached	76.9%	82.0%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	7.6%	6.0%
5 to 19 units	6.1%	2.0%
20 or more units	4.3%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	4.2%	8.4%

Poverty & households

	Knox County	Macoupin County
Poverty rate	15.9%	14.4%
Average household size	2.18	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	21	28
Median year structure built	1956	1966