Moultrie County vs Washington County

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

Moultrie 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.

Moultrie County has the higher population (14,469 vs 13,682 in Washington County). Washington County has the higher median household income ($75,652 vs $71,676 in Moultrie County). Washington County has the higher median home value ($149,800 vs $121,500 in Moultrie County).

Population, income & housing

	Moultrie County	Washington County
Population	14,469	13,682
Median age	40.4 yrs	44.2 yrs
Median household income	$71,676	$75,652
Median home value	$121,500	$149,800
Median gross rent	$773	$776
Housing units	6,205	6,402
Homeownership rate	77.4%	81.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.8%	24.4%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Moultrie County	Washington County
Population	14,641 → 14,469 (-1.2%)	14,058 → 13,682 (-2.7%)
Median household income	$61,456 → $71,676 (+16.6%)	$61,763 → $75,652 (+22.5%)
Median home value	$107,400 → $121,500 (+13.1%)	$113,500 → $149,800 (+32.0%)
Median gross rent	$709 → $773 (+9.0%)	$716 → $776 (+8.4%)

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

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)

	Moultrie County	Washington County
Under 5	5.9%	5.0%
5 to 17	19.6%	16.0%
18 to 24	7.2%	7.1%
25 to 34	11.2%	11.0%
35 to 44	12.2%	11.9%
45 to 54	11.3%	12.3%
55 to 64	13.5%	15.5%
65 to 74	10.9%	12.3%
75 and over	8.0%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Moultrie County	Washington County
White (non-Hispanic)	95.7%	95.1%
Black or African American	1.1%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.1%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.5%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Moultrie County	Washington County
No high school diploma	14.3%	6.8%
High school graduate	34.6%	31.8%
Some college or associate's	32.3%	37.0%
Bachelor's degree	13.0%	16.4%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	8.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Moultrie County	Washington County
Drove alone	75.1%	82.6%
Carpooled	10.0%	7.0%
Public transit	0.5%	0.1%
Walked	4.2%	2.4%
Bicycle	2.2%	0.1%
Worked from home	5.0%	6.6%
Other means	2.9%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Moultrie County	Washington County
1-unit, detached	85.0%	86.5%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	2.6%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	3.7%	1.3%
20 or more units	2.6%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	4.4%	8.6%

Poverty & households

	Moultrie County	Washington County
Poverty rate	9.8%	7.8%
Average household size	2.43	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	21	26
Median year structure built	1967	1970