Livingston County vs Woodford County

A side-by-side comparison of Livingston County and Woodford County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Woodford County has the higher population (38,348 vs 35,659 in Livingston County). Woodford County has the higher median household income ($85,629 vs $70,796 in Livingston County). Woodford County has the higher median home value ($193,800 vs $131,500 in Livingston County).

Population, income & housing

	Livingston County	Woodford County
Population	35,659	38,348
Median age	41.9 yrs	40.5 yrs
Median household income	$70,796	$85,629
Median home value	$131,500	$193,800
Median gross rent	$855	$907
Housing units	15,930	15,745
Homeownership rate	73.9%	83.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.5%	36.1%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Livingston County	Woodford County
Population	36,040 → 35,659 (-1.1%)	38,700 → 38,348 (-0.9%)
Median household income	$55,160 → $70,796 (+28.3%)	$72,808 → $85,629 (+17.6%)
Median home value	$109,400 → $131,500 (+20.2%)	$168,700 → $193,800 (+14.9%)
Median gross rent	$715 → $855 (+19.6%)	$758 → $907 (+19.7%)

Livingston County

Population

36,04035,659

Median household income

$55,160$70,796

Median home value

$109,400$131,500

Median gross rent

$715$855

Woodford County

Population

38,70038,348

Median household income

$72,808$85,629

Median home value

$168,700$193,800

Median gross rent

$758$907

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Livingston County	Woodford County
Under 5	5.7%	5.7%
5 to 17	16.4%	18.4%
18 to 24	7.4%	8.4%
25 to 34	12.2%	10.2%
35 to 44	12.8%	12.7%
45 to 54	11.3%	12.1%
55 to 64	14.4%	13.8%
65 to 74	11.5%	11.0%
75 and over	8.5%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Livingston County	Woodford County
White (non-Hispanic)	88.2%	94.0%
Black or African American	3.5%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.2%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	5.5%	2.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Livingston County	Woodford County
No high school diploma	9.7%	5.2%
High school graduate	40.4%	27.1%
Some college or associate's	31.4%	31.6%
Bachelor's degree	12.6%	23.7%
Graduate or professional degree	5.9%	12.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Livingston County	Woodford County
Drove alone	80.8%	79.2%
Carpooled	7.1%	7.5%
Public transit	0.2%	0.1%
Walked	3.0%	1.6%
Bicycle	1.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	6.8%	11.1%
Other means	1.1%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Livingston County	Woodford County
1-unit, detached	78.2%	85.4%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	3.6%
2 to 4 units	7.4%	3.6%
5 to 19 units	4.2%	2.5%
20 or more units	2.4%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	6.1%	3.7%

Poverty & households

	Livingston County	Woodford County
Poverty rate	10.0%	7.6%
Average household size	2.30	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	22	24
Median year structure built	1961	1973