Champaign vs Urbana

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

Champaign and Urbana 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 38,447 in Urbana). Champaign has the higher median household income ($57,544 vs $45,854 in Urbana). Champaign has the higher median home value ($199,700 vs $186,300 in Urbana).

Population, income & housing

	Champaign	Urbana
Population	88,822	38,447
Median age	27.1 yrs	26.7 yrs
Median household income	$57,544	$45,854
Median home value	$199,700	$186,300
Median gross rent	$1,103	$951
Housing units	41,484	19,003
Homeownership rate	44.9%	34.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	53.6%	58.4%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Champaign	Urbana
Population	87,636 → 88,822 (+1.4%)	42,718 → 38,447 (-10.0%)
Median household income	$48,415 → $57,544 (+18.9%)	$37,102 → $45,854 (+23.6%)
Median home value	$161,800 → $199,700 (+23.4%)	$155,000 → $186,300 (+20.2%)
Median gross rent	$952 → $1,103 (+15.9%)	$838 → $951 (+13.5%)

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

Urbana

Population

42,71838,447

Median household income

$37,102$45,854

Median home value

$155,000$186,300

Median gross rent

$838$951

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Champaign	Urbana
Under 5	4.8%	4.0%
5 to 17	12.0%	7.3%
18 to 24	29.8%	35.0%
25 to 34	14.7%	17.7%
35 to 44	10.4%	8.9%
45 to 54	8.3%	8.0%
55 to 64	8.8%	6.9%
65 to 74	6.9%	7.0%
75 and over	4.3%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Champaign	Urbana
White (non-Hispanic)	56.0%	55.5%
Black or African American	17.1%	16.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	14.8%	14.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.4%	0.3%
Two or more races	4.1%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	7.5%	9.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Champaign	Urbana
No high school diploma	5.4%	4.5%
High school graduate	17.2%	18.5%
Some college or associate's	23.8%	18.6%
Bachelor's degree	22.8%	20.8%
Graduate or professional degree	30.8%	37.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Champaign	Urbana
Drove alone	59.2%	51.8%
Carpooled	8.7%	6.9%
Public transit	5.1%	7.1%
Walked	9.3%	14.7%
Bicycle	1.3%	3.9%
Worked from home	14.9%	14.6%
Other means	1.4%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Champaign	Urbana
1-unit, detached	43.5%	36.9%
1-unit, attached	5.4%	4.7%
2 to 4 units	5.7%	8.6%
5 to 19 units	21.2%	26.3%
20 or more units	22.6%	23.1%
Mobile home & other	1.6%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Champaign	Urbana
Poverty rate	23.9%	24.8%
Average household size	2.22	1.98
Mean commute (minutes)	15	14
Median year structure built	1985	1979