Vermilion County vs Whiteside County

A side-by-side comparison of Vermilion County and Whiteside County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Vermilion County has the higher population (73,179 vs 55,192 in Whiteside County). Whiteside County has the higher median household income ($64,536 vs $54,537 in Vermilion County). Whiteside County has the higher median home value ($125,800 vs $92,900 in Vermilion County).

Population, income & housing

	Vermilion County	Whiteside County
Population	73,179	55,192
Median age	41.2 yrs	43.4 yrs
Median household income	$54,537	$64,536
Median home value	$92,900	$125,800
Median gross rent	$802	$808
Housing units	34,390	25,850
Homeownership rate	69.2%	75.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.2%	20.1%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Vermilion County	Whiteside County
Population	77,563 → 73,179 (-5.7%)	56,016 → 55,192 (-1.5%)
Median household income	$46,515 → $54,537 (+17.2%)	$54,232 → $64,536 (+19.0%)
Median home value	$79,900 → $92,900 (+16.3%)	$106,700 → $125,800 (+17.9%)
Median gross rent	$685 → $802 (+17.1%)	$695 → $808 (+16.3%)

Vermilion County

Population

77,56373,179

Median household income

$46,515$54,537

Median home value

$79,900$92,900

Median gross rent

$685$802

Whiteside County

Population

56,01655,192

Median household income

$54,232$64,536

Median home value

$106,700$125,800

Median gross rent

$695$808

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Vermilion County	Whiteside County
Under 5	6.0%	5.3%
5 to 17	17.5%	16.7%
18 to 24	7.8%	7.6%
25 to 34	11.5%	10.8%
35 to 44	12.1%	11.4%
45 to 54	11.3%	12.3%
55 to 64	13.7%	14.4%
65 to 74	11.7%	12.3%
75 and over	8.4%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Vermilion County	Whiteside County
White (non-Hispanic)	77.1%	82.1%
Black or African American	14.8%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	0.9%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.2%
Two or more races	1.6%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	5.4%	13.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Vermilion County	Whiteside County
No high school diploma	9.3%	9.0%
High school graduate	41.5%	37.8%
Some college or associate's	33.0%	33.1%
Bachelor's degree	9.6%	12.5%
Graduate or professional degree	6.6%	7.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Vermilion County	Whiteside County
Drove alone	81.5%	80.6%
Carpooled	7.6%	9.7%
Public transit	0.6%	0.3%
Walked	2.2%	3.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.7%
Worked from home	7.5%	4.9%
Other means	0.6%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Vermilion County	Whiteside County
1-unit, detached	78.8%	81.2%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	5.3%	7.8%
5 to 19 units	5.6%	3.9%
20 or more units	3.8%	3.0%
Mobile home & other	5.6%	2.4%

Poverty & households

	Vermilion County	Whiteside County
Poverty rate	17.2%	12.1%
Average household size	2.33	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	20	20
Median year structure built	1958	1960