With 32,866 people, Bureau County is a county in Illinois. Four-year degrees are less common here than nationally, at 22% of adults. The typical home is worth $126,900, having risen by half since 2000. The median age is 44.1, about 5 years above the US median. Owners hold 76% of the housing stock. 3% of people here were born outside the United States.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $69,257, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Older
median age 44.1
US median: 38.9
Less educated
22% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
More affordable
home values down 12%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Bureau County
What changed most since 1990
Median home value (2024 dollars)$100,083 → $126,900(+27%)US over the same years: +67%
Adults with a bachelor's degree12.5% → 21.7%(+9.2 pts)US over the same years: +15.3 pts
White share96.5% → 84.6%(−11.9 pts)US over the same years: −17.8 pts
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)15.3%(250)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)15.1%(247)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era36%(587)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War6.1%(100)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II4.2%(68)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 1,632 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Bureau County, decade by decade
Bureau County population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
35,688
$62,997
$100,083
12.5%
8.5
2000
35,503
$73,291
$143,729
15.7%
15.4
2010
34,978
$65,731
$146,734
16.1%
23.0
2020
33,244
$67,328
$125,931
20.7%
31.9
2024
32,866
$69,257
$126,900
21.7%
34.0
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
