Champaign vs St. Joseph

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

Champaign and St. Joseph 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 3,833 in St. Joseph). St. Joseph has the higher median household income ($114,594 vs $57,544 in Champaign). St. Joseph has the higher median home value ($257,400 vs $199,700 in Champaign).

Population, income & housing

	Champaign	St. Joseph
Population	88,822	3,833
Median age	27.1 yrs	39.9 yrs
Median household income	$57,544	$114,594
Median home value	$199,700	$257,400
Median gross rent	$1,103	$969
Housing units	41,484	1,511
Homeownership rate	44.9%	85.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	53.6%	37.1%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	0.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Champaign	St. Joseph
Population	87,636 → 88,822 (+1.4%)	4,448 → 3,833 (-13.8%)
Median household income	$48,415 → $57,544 (+18.9%)	$94,088 → $114,594 (+21.8%)
Median home value	$161,800 → $199,700 (+23.4%)	$189,300 → $257,400 (+36.0%)
Median gross rent	$952 → $1,103 (+15.9%)	$770 → $969 (+25.8%)

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

St. Joseph

Population

4,4483,833

Median household income

$94,088$114,594

Median home value

$189,300$257,400

Median gross rent

$770$969

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Champaign	St. Joseph
Under 5	4.8%	4.1%
5 to 17	12.0%	22.0%
18 to 24	29.8%	7.3%
25 to 34	14.7%	10.9%
35 to 44	10.4%	13.5%
45 to 54	8.3%	11.1%
55 to 64	8.8%	16.7%
65 to 74	6.9%	10.3%
75 and over	4.3%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Champaign	St. Joseph
White (non-Hispanic)	56.0%	92.4%
Black or African American	17.1%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	14.8%	2.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.1%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	7.5%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Champaign	St. Joseph
No high school diploma	5.4%	1.4%
High school graduate	17.2%	20.3%
Some college or associate's	23.8%	41.2%
Bachelor's degree	22.8%	21.7%
Graduate or professional degree	30.8%	15.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Champaign	St. Joseph
Drove alone	59.2%	78.5%
Carpooled	8.7%	3.2%
Public transit	5.1%	0.1%
Walked	9.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.3%	0.5%
Worked from home	14.9%	17.4%
Other means	1.4%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Champaign	St. Joseph
1-unit, detached	43.5%	90.1%
1-unit, attached	5.4%	4.0%
2 to 4 units	5.7%	5.4%
5 to 19 units	21.2%	0.5%
20 or more units	22.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Champaign	St. Joseph
Poverty rate	23.9%	4.3%
Average household size	2.22	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	15	24
Median year structure built	1985	1996