Pulaski County vs Putnam County

A side-by-side comparison of Pulaski County and Putnam County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Putnam County has the higher population (5,600 vs 5,074 in Pulaski County). Putnam County has the higher median household income ($77,526 vs $43,227 in Pulaski County). Putnam County has the higher median home value ($167,800 vs $81,000 in Pulaski County).

Population, income & housing

	Pulaski County	Putnam County
Population	5,074	5,600
Median age	42.7 yrs	47.2 yrs
Median household income	$43,227	$77,526
Median home value	$81,000	$167,800
Median gross rent	$625	$804
Housing units	2,845	3,069
Homeownership rate	67.5%	80.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.9%	24.6%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pulaski County	Putnam County
Population	5,510 → 5,074 (-7.9%)	5,721 → 5,600 (-2.1%)
Median household income	$34,640 → $43,227 (+24.8%)	$63,638 → $77,526 (+21.8%)
Median home value	$61,300 → $81,000 (+32.1%)	$126,800 → $167,800 (+32.3%)
Median gross rent	$519 → $625 (+20.4%)	$693 → $804 (+16.0%)

Pulaski County

Population

5,5105,074

Median household income

$34,640$43,227

Median home value

$61,300$81,000

Median gross rent

$519$625

Putnam County

Population

5,7215,600

Median household income

$63,638$77,526

Median home value

$126,800$167,800

Median gross rent

$693$804

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pulaski County	Putnam County
Under 5	4.9%	4.7%
5 to 17	15.6%	15.0%
18 to 24	9.6%	6.5%
25 to 34	8.5%	10.6%
35 to 44	13.5%	11.4%
45 to 54	10.8%	11.8%
55 to 64	14.4%	16.1%
65 to 74	13.9%	14.4%
75 and over	8.9%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pulaski County	Putnam County
White (non-Hispanic)	61.7%	90.4%
Black or African American	32.3%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.6%
Two or more races	3.9%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	6.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pulaski County	Putnam County
No high school diploma	12.6%	6.4%
High school graduate	42.3%	34.9%
Some college or associate's	33.2%	34.1%
Bachelor's degree	7.2%	16.1%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	8.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pulaski County	Putnam County
Drove alone	79.6%	87.8%
Carpooled	11.0%	4.7%
Public transit	0.3%	0.1%
Walked	1.2%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	6.5%	5.8%
Other means	1.3%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pulaski County	Putnam County
1-unit, detached	64.5%	88.8%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	8.4%	5.9%
5 to 19 units	0.9%	1.2%
20 or more units	1.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	24.3%	3.6%

Poverty & households

	Pulaski County	Putnam County
Poverty rate	26.1%	9.9%
Average household size	2.65	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	30	27
Median year structure built	1968	1975