Beardstown vs Virginia

A side-by-side comparison of Beardstown and Virginia: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Beardstown has the higher population (6,047 vs 1,491 in Virginia). Beardstown has the higher median household income ($58,765 vs $51,818 in Virginia). Virginia has the higher median home value ($93,500 vs $80,800 in Beardstown).

Population, income & housing

	Beardstown	Virginia
Population	6,047	1,491
Median age	31.7 yrs	44.0 yrs
Median household income	$58,765	$51,818
Median home value	$80,800	$93,500
Median gross rent	$769	$663
Housing units	2,303	695
Homeownership rate	62.6%	65.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.4%	15.6%
Unemployment rate	6.6%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beardstown	Virginia
Population	5,682 → 6,047 (+6.4%)	1,332 → 1,491 (+11.9%)
Median household income	$40,750 → $58,765 (+44.2%)	$49,464 → $51,818 (+4.8%)
Median home value	$68,900 → $80,800 (+17.3%)	$71,600 → $93,500 (+30.6%)
Median gross rent	$582 → $769 (+32.1%)	$556 → $663 (+19.2%)

Beardstown

Population

5,6826,047

Median household income

$40,750$58,765

Median home value

$68,900$80,800

Median gross rent

$582$769

Virginia

Population

1,3321,491

Median household income

$49,464$51,818

Median home value

$71,600$93,500

Median gross rent

$556$663

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beardstown	Virginia
Under 5	8.1%	3.7%
5 to 17	20.6%	18.5%
18 to 24	10.0%	7.5%
25 to 34	17.5%	10.1%
35 to 44	12.3%	12.8%
45 to 54	10.5%	10.3%
55 to 64	9.4%	16.0%
65 to 74	6.5%	11.7%
75 and over	5.2%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beardstown	Virginia
White (non-Hispanic)	48.8%	91.7%
Black or African American	7.3%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.6%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	1.7%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	39.2%	4.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beardstown	Virginia
No high school diploma	19.8%	8.0%
High school graduate	42.6%	53.4%
Some college or associate's	20.2%	23.0%
Bachelor's degree	13.1%	11.4%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	4.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beardstown	Virginia
Drove alone	75.4%	87.7%
Carpooled	19.4%	6.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	1.5%
Bicycle	1.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.3%	4.2%
Other means	1.5%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beardstown	Virginia
1-unit, detached	69.6%	88.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.8%	4.3%
5 to 19 units	4.0%	1.4%
20 or more units	3.4%	3.5%
Mobile home & other	12.1%	2.3%

Poverty & households

	Beardstown	Virginia
Poverty rate	13.1%	14.6%
Average household size	2.80	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	20	21
Median year structure built	1963	1962