Massac County vs Washington County

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

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

Massac County has the higher population (13,958 vs 13,682 in Washington County). Washington County has the higher median household income ($75,652 vs $62,584 in Massac County). Washington County has the higher median home value ($149,800 vs $118,000 in Massac County).

Population, income & housing

	Massac County	Washington County
Population	13,958	13,682
Median age	45.0 yrs	44.2 yrs
Median household income	$62,584	$75,652
Median home value	$118,000	$149,800
Median gross rent	$793	$776
Housing units	6,824	6,402
Homeownership rate	79.0%	81.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.3%	24.4%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Massac County	Washington County
Population	14,219 → 13,958 (-1.8%)	14,058 → 13,682 (-2.7%)
Median household income	$47,481 → $62,584 (+31.8%)	$61,763 → $75,652 (+22.5%)
Median home value	$83,600 → $118,000 (+41.1%)	$113,500 → $149,800 (+32.0%)
Median gross rent	$692 → $793 (+14.6%)	$716 → $776 (+8.4%)

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

Washington County

Population

14,05813,682

Median household income

$61,763$75,652

Median home value

$113,500$149,800

Median gross rent

$716$776

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Massac County	Washington County
Under 5	4.6%	5.0%
5 to 17	16.6%	16.0%
18 to 24	6.5%	7.1%
25 to 34	9.6%	11.0%
35 to 44	12.8%	11.9%
45 to 54	13.2%	12.3%
55 to 64	15.4%	15.5%
65 to 74	11.5%	12.3%
75 and over	9.9%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Massac County	Washington County
White (non-Hispanic)	86.7%	95.1%
Black or African American	6.2%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.4%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.8%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Massac County	Washington County
No high school diploma	10.7%	6.8%
High school graduate	34.3%	31.8%
Some college or associate's	38.7%	37.0%
Bachelor's degree	11.4%	16.4%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	8.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Massac County	Washington County
Drove alone	85.8%	82.6%
Carpooled	7.2%	7.0%
Public transit	0.1%	0.1%
Walked	0.7%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.1%
Worked from home	5.7%	6.6%
Other means	0.3%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Massac County	Washington County
1-unit, detached	75.7%	86.5%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	5.3%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	0.7%	1.3%
20 or more units	1.3%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	16.4%	8.6%

Poverty & households

	Massac County	Washington County
Poverty rate	14.9%	7.8%
Average household size	2.50	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	21	26
Median year structure built	1975	1970