Massac County vs Moultrie County

A side-by-side comparison of Massac County and Moultrie County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Moultrie County has the higher population (14,469 vs 13,958 in Massac County). Moultrie County has the higher median household income ($71,676 vs $62,584 in Massac County). Moultrie County has the higher median home value ($121,500 vs $118,000 in Massac County).

Population, income & housing

	Massac County	Moultrie County
Population	13,958	14,469
Median age	45.0 yrs	40.4 yrs
Median household income	$62,584	$71,676
Median home value	$118,000	$121,500
Median gross rent	$793	$773
Housing units	6,824	6,205
Homeownership rate	79.0%	77.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.3%	18.8%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Massac County	Moultrie County
Population	14,219 → 13,958 (-1.8%)	14,641 → 14,469 (-1.2%)
Median household income	$47,481 → $62,584 (+31.8%)	$61,456 → $71,676 (+16.6%)
Median home value	$83,600 → $118,000 (+41.1%)	$107,400 → $121,500 (+13.1%)
Median gross rent	$692 → $793 (+14.6%)	$709 → $773 (+9.0%)

Massac County

Population

14,21913,958

Median household income

$47,481$62,584

Median home value

$83,600$118,000

Median gross rent

$692$793

Moultrie County

Population

14,64114,469

Median household income

$61,456$71,676

Median home value

$107,400$121,500

Median gross rent

$709$773

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Massac County	Moultrie County
Under 5	4.6%	5.9%
5 to 17	16.6%	19.6%
18 to 24	6.5%	7.2%
25 to 34	9.6%	11.2%
35 to 44	12.8%	12.2%
45 to 54	13.2%	11.3%
55 to 64	15.4%	13.5%
65 to 74	11.5%	10.9%
75 and over	9.9%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Massac County	Moultrie County
White (non-Hispanic)	86.7%	95.7%
Black or African American	6.2%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.8%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Massac County	Moultrie County
No high school diploma	10.7%	14.3%
High school graduate	34.3%	34.6%
Some college or associate's	38.7%	32.3%
Bachelor's degree	11.4%	13.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	5.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Massac County	Moultrie County
Drove alone	85.8%	75.1%
Carpooled	7.2%	10.0%
Public transit	0.1%	0.5%
Walked	0.7%	4.2%
Bicycle	0.1%	2.2%
Worked from home	5.7%	5.0%
Other means	0.3%	2.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Massac County	Moultrie County
1-unit, detached	75.7%	85.0%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	5.3%	2.6%
5 to 19 units	0.7%	3.7%
20 or more units	1.3%	2.6%
Mobile home & other	16.4%	4.4%

Poverty & households

	Massac County	Moultrie County
Poverty rate	14.9%	9.8%
Average household size	2.50	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	21	21
Median year structure built	1975	1967