Champaign vs Mahomet

A side-by-side comparison of Champaign and Mahomet: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Champaign has the higher population (88,822 vs 9,755 in Mahomet). Mahomet has the higher median household income ($114,904 vs $57,544 in Champaign). Mahomet has the higher median home value ($293,200 vs $199,700 in Champaign).

Population, income & housing

	Champaign	Mahomet
Population	88,822	9,755
Median age	27.1 yrs	36.5 yrs
Median household income	$57,544	$114,904
Median home value	$199,700	$293,200
Median gross rent	$1,103	$1,202
Housing units	41,484	3,581
Homeownership rate	44.9%	80.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	53.6%	52.8%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Champaign	Mahomet
Population	87,636 → 88,822 (+1.4%)	8,392 → 9,755 (+16.2%)
Median household income	$48,415 → $57,544 (+18.9%)	$113,261 → $114,904 (+1.5%)
Median home value	$161,800 → $199,700 (+23.4%)	$240,300 → $293,200 (+22.0%)
Median gross rent	$952 → $1,103 (+15.9%)	$939 → $1,202 (+28.0%)

Champaign

Population

87,63688,822

Median household income

$48,415$57,544

Median home value

$161,800$199,700

Median gross rent

$952$1,103

Mahomet

Population

8,3929,755

Median household income

$113,261$114,904

Median home value

$240,300$293,200

Median gross rent

$939$1,202

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Champaign	Mahomet
Under 5	4.8%	5.3%
5 to 17	12.0%	27.0%
18 to 24	29.8%	9.8%
25 to 34	14.7%	6.2%
35 to 44	10.4%	18.5%
45 to 54	8.3%	11.6%
55 to 64	8.8%	12.0%
65 to 74	6.9%	6.8%
75 and over	4.3%	2.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Champaign	Mahomet
White (non-Hispanic)	56.0%	86.0%
Black or African American	17.1%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	14.8%	3.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.1%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	7.5%	6.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Champaign	Mahomet
No high school diploma	5.4%	3.5%
High school graduate	17.2%	17.4%
Some college or associate's	23.8%	26.3%
Bachelor's degree	22.8%	27.9%
Graduate or professional degree	30.8%	24.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Champaign	Mahomet
Drove alone	59.2%	79.7%
Carpooled	8.7%	5.5%
Public transit	5.1%	0.0%
Walked	9.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.9%	14.4%
Other means	1.4%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Champaign	Mahomet
1-unit, detached	43.5%	75.7%
1-unit, attached	5.4%	5.5%
2 to 4 units	5.7%	6.6%
5 to 19 units	21.2%	7.2%
20 or more units	22.6%	3.8%
Mobile home & other	1.6%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Champaign	Mahomet
Poverty rate	23.9%	3.9%
Average household size	2.22	3.00
Mean commute (minutes)	15	21
Median year structure built	1985	2000