Champaign vs Rantoul

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

Champaign and Rantoul 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 12,515 in Rantoul). Champaign has the higher median household income ($57,544 vs $49,821 in Rantoul). Champaign has the higher median home value ($199,700 vs $109,200 in Rantoul).

Population, income & housing

	Champaign	Rantoul
Population	88,822	12,515
Median age	27.1 yrs	35.0 yrs
Median household income	$57,544	$49,821
Median home value	$199,700	$109,200
Median gross rent	$1,103	$899
Housing units	41,484	5,829
Homeownership rate	44.9%	49.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	53.6%	11.9%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Champaign	Rantoul
Population	87,636 → 88,822 (+1.4%)	13,218 → 12,515 (-5.3%)
Median household income	$48,415 → $57,544 (+18.9%)	$42,149 → $49,821 (+18.2%)
Median home value	$161,800 → $199,700 (+23.4%)	$85,900 → $109,200 (+27.1%)
Median gross rent	$952 → $1,103 (+15.9%)	$782 → $899 (+15.0%)

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

Rantoul

Population

13,21812,515

Median household income

$42,149$49,821

Median home value

$85,900$109,200

Median gross rent

$782$899

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Champaign	Rantoul
Under 5	4.8%	9.0%
5 to 17	12.0%	20.3%
18 to 24	29.8%	9.1%
25 to 34	14.7%	11.6%
35 to 44	10.4%	15.0%
45 to 54	8.3%	9.9%
55 to 64	8.8%	12.8%
65 to 74	6.9%	6.7%
75 and over	4.3%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Champaign	Rantoul
White (non-Hispanic)	56.0%	45.2%
Black or African American	17.1%	20.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	14.8%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.1%	10.9%
Hispanic or Latino	7.5%	22.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Champaign	Rantoul
No high school diploma	5.4%	9.4%
High school graduate	17.2%	42.8%
Some college or associate's	23.8%	35.9%
Bachelor's degree	22.8%	6.5%
Graduate or professional degree	30.8%	5.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Champaign	Rantoul
Drove alone	59.2%	74.6%
Carpooled	8.7%	12.6%
Public transit	5.1%	0.4%
Walked	9.3%	0.9%
Bicycle	1.3%	0.8%
Worked from home	14.9%	10.5%
Other means	1.4%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Champaign	Rantoul
1-unit, detached	43.5%	52.7%
1-unit, attached	5.4%	7.8%
2 to 4 units	5.7%	15.0%
5 to 19 units	21.2%	17.4%
20 or more units	22.6%	2.6%
Mobile home & other	1.6%	4.5%

Poverty & households

	Champaign	Rantoul
Poverty rate	23.9%	18.7%
Average household size	2.22	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	15	19
Median year structure built	1985	1965