Knox County vs Ogle County

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

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

Ogle County has the higher population (51,536 vs 49,294 in Knox County). Ogle County has the higher median household income ($79,244 vs $53,291 in Knox County). Ogle County has the higher median home value ($184,100 vs $104,900 in Knox County).

Population, income & housing

	Knox County	Ogle County
Population	49,294	51,536
Median age	42.4 yrs	42.0 yrs
Median household income	$53,291	$79,244
Median home value	$104,900	$184,100
Median gross rent	$725	$901
Housing units	23,788	22,625
Homeownership rate	69.8%	74.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.3%	24.0%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Knox County	Ogle County
Population	50,508 → 49,294 (-2.4%)	51,025 → 51,536 (+1.0%)
Median household income	$44,129 → $53,291 (+20.8%)	$60,986 → $79,244 (+29.9%)
Median home value	$83,000 → $104,900 (+26.4%)	$146,900 → $184,100 (+25.3%)
Median gross rent	$634 → $725 (+14.4%)	$745 → $901 (+20.9%)

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

Ogle County

Population

51,02551,536

Median household income

$60,986$79,244

Median home value

$146,900$184,100

Median gross rent

$745$901

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Knox County	Ogle County
Under 5	5.5%	5.3%
5 to 17	14.6%	17.1%
18 to 24	9.8%	7.9%
25 to 34	11.1%	11.2%
35 to 44	11.7%	12.3%
45 to 54	11.6%	12.4%
55 to 64	13.6%	14.6%
65 to 74	12.6%	11.0%
75 and over	9.6%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Knox County	Ogle County
White (non-Hispanic)	80.8%	83.8%
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%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.8%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	6.3%	11.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Knox County	Ogle County
No high school diploma	10.7%	9.0%
High school graduate	34.9%	32.9%
Some college or associate's	34.1%	34.1%
Bachelor's degree	13.1%	15.5%
Graduate or professional degree	7.2%	8.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Knox County	Ogle County
Drove alone	80.5%	81.4%
Carpooled	8.9%	8.0%
Public transit	0.5%	0.6%
Walked	3.6%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.1%
Worked from home	5.7%	7.2%
Other means	0.6%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Knox County	Ogle County
1-unit, detached	76.9%	82.7%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	7.6%	5.0%
5 to 19 units	6.1%	5.0%
20 or more units	4.3%	3.0%
Mobile home & other	4.2%	2.5%

Poverty & households

	Knox County	Ogle County
Poverty rate	15.9%	8.9%
Average household size	2.18	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	21	27
Median year structure built	1956	1972