Champaign vs Savoy

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

Champaign and Savoy 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 8,807 in Savoy). Savoy has the higher median household income ($88,828 vs $57,544 in Champaign). Savoy has the higher median home value ($280,700 vs $199,700 in Champaign).

Population, income & housing

	Champaign	Savoy
Population	88,822	8,807
Median age	27.1 yrs	38.3 yrs
Median household income	$57,544	$88,828
Median home value	$199,700	$280,700
Median gross rent	$1,103	$954
Housing units	41,484	3,837
Homeownership rate	44.9%	58.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	53.6%	58.8%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	1.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Champaign	Savoy
Population	87,636 → 88,822 (+1.4%)	8,534 → 8,807 (+3.2%)
Median household income	$48,415 → $57,544 (+18.9%)	$72,785 → $88,828 (+22.0%)
Median home value	$161,800 → $199,700 (+23.4%)	$233,000 → $280,700 (+20.5%)
Median gross rent	$952 → $1,103 (+15.9%)	$941 → $954 (+1.4%)

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

Savoy

Population

8,5348,807

Median household income

$72,785$88,828

Median home value

$233,000$280,700

Median gross rent

$941$954

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Champaign	Savoy
Under 5	4.8%	7.2%
5 to 17	12.0%	18.8%
18 to 24	29.8%	8.0%
25 to 34	14.7%	11.9%
35 to 44	10.4%	15.3%
45 to 54	8.3%	11.1%
55 to 64	8.8%	8.6%
65 to 74	6.9%	10.7%
75 and over	4.3%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Champaign	Savoy
White (non-Hispanic)	56.0%	64.9%
Black or African American	17.1%	9.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	14.8%	15.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.1%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	7.5%	8.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Champaign	Savoy
No high school diploma	5.4%	2.1%
High school graduate	17.2%	22.3%
Some college or associate's	23.8%	16.7%
Bachelor's degree	22.8%	25.4%
Graduate or professional degree	30.8%	33.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Champaign	Savoy
Drove alone	59.2%	76.3%
Carpooled	8.7%	6.1%
Public transit	5.1%	1.3%
Walked	9.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.9%	16.3%
Other means	1.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Champaign	Savoy
1-unit, detached	43.5%	45.1%
1-unit, attached	5.4%	11.0%
2 to 4 units	5.7%	8.6%
5 to 19 units	21.2%	19.1%
20 or more units	22.6%	16.2%
Mobile home & other	1.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Champaign	Savoy
Poverty rate	23.9%	9.0%
Average household size	2.22	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	15	17
Median year structure built	1985	1995