Milledgeville vs Savanna

A side-by-side comparison of Milledgeville and Savanna: population, income, housing, and more.

Milledgeville and Savanna are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Savanna has the higher population (2,851 vs 1,199 in Milledgeville). Milledgeville has the higher median household income ($59,688 vs $46,094 in Savanna). Milledgeville has the higher median home value ($89,200 vs $75,000 in Savanna).

Population, income & housing

	Milledgeville	Savanna
Population	1,199	2,851
Median age	38.9 yrs	50.7 yrs
Median household income	$59,688	$46,094
Median home value	$89,200	$75,000
Median gross rent	$629	$777
Housing units	517	1,703
Homeownership rate	83.3%	60.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.8%	16.3%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Milledgeville	Savanna
Population	996 → 1,199 (+20.4%)	2,977 → 2,851 (-4.2%)
Median household income	$47,574 → $59,688 (+25.5%)	$31,710 → $46,094 (+45.4%)
Median home value	$84,100 → $89,200 (+6.1%)	$68,800 → $75,000 (+9.0%)
Median gross rent	$660 → $629 (-4.7%)	$615 → $777 (+26.3%)

Milledgeville

Population

9961,199

Median household income

$47,574$59,688

Median home value

$84,100$89,200

Median gross rent

$660$629

Savanna

Population

2,9772,851

Median household income

$31,710$46,094

Median home value

$68,800$75,000

Median gross rent

$615$777

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Milledgeville	Savanna
Under 5	5.9%	2.9%
5 to 17	19.3%	14.1%
18 to 24	7.8%	6.8%
25 to 34	11.8%	7.9%
35 to 44	13.7%	12.4%
45 to 54	15.5%	13.0%
55 to 64	8.3%	15.5%
65 to 74	8.5%	14.8%
75 and over	9.3%	12.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Milledgeville	Savanna
White (non-Hispanic)	96.6%	88.0%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.3%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	8.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Milledgeville	Savanna
No high school diploma	9.3%	16.6%
High school graduate	42.7%	28.0%
Some college or associate's	33.2%	39.1%
Bachelor's degree	9.8%	13.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.0%	2.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Milledgeville	Savanna
Drove alone	86.6%	74.2%
Carpooled	7.0%	8.7%
Public transit	0.3%	1.9%
Walked	0.9%	8.0%
Bicycle	1.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.3%	6.4%
Other means	0.9%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Milledgeville	Savanna
1-unit, detached	93.4%	73.2%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	0.4%	8.8%
5 to 19 units	4.1%	4.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	5.6%

Poverty & households

	Milledgeville	Savanna
Poverty rate	13.4%	15.4%
Average household size	2.34	1.88
Mean commute (minutes)	24	14
Median year structure built	1941	1949