Morgan County is a county of 33,021 people in Illinois. Four-year degrees are less common here than nationally, at 23% of adults. The typical home is worth $130,800, having risen by half since 2000. The foreign-born share is 1%. Median rent is $722 a month. Getting to work takes 19 minutes on average.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $66,306, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Older
median age 41.1
US median: 38.9
Less educated
23% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Stable housing
home values roughly flat, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Morgan County
What changed most since 1990
Median home value (2024 dollars)$114,243 → $130,800(+14%)US over the same years: +67%
White share94.5% → 87.2%(−7.3 pts)US over the same years: −17.8 pts
Adults with a bachelor's degree16.0% → 22.6%(+6.6 pts)US over the same years: +15.3 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)21.3%(442)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)18%(374)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era34.2%(710)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War9.4%(195)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0.2%(5)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 2,077 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
Morgan County, decade by decade
Morgan 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
36,397
$63,369
$114,243
16.0%
13.2
2000
36,616
$67,279
$133,527
19.9%
19.4
2010
35,547
$64,225
$134,219
20.2%
23.6
2020
32,915
$64,240
$132,961
20.0%
30.8
2024
33,021
$66,306
$130,800
22.6%
29.4
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.
