Philo vs St. Joseph

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

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

St. Joseph has the higher population (3,833 vs 1,461 in Philo). St. Joseph has the higher median household income ($114,594 vs $103,438 in Philo). St. Joseph has the higher median home value ($257,400 vs $198,100 in Philo).

Population, income & housing

	Philo	St. Joseph
Population	1,461	3,833
Median age	34.5 yrs	39.9 yrs
Median household income	$103,438	$114,594
Median home value	$198,100	$257,400
Median gross rent	$1,063	$969
Housing units	526	1,511
Homeownership rate	88.0%	85.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.4%	37.1%
Unemployment rate	1.1%	0.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Philo	St. Joseph
Population	1,560 → 1,461 (-6.3%)	4,448 → 3,833 (-13.8%)
Median household income	$80,804 → $103,438 (+28.0%)	$94,088 → $114,594 (+21.8%)
Median home value	$155,100 → $198,100 (+27.7%)	$189,300 → $257,400 (+36.0%)
Median gross rent	$750 → $1,063 (+41.7%)	$770 → $969 (+25.8%)

Philo

Population

1,5601,461

Median household income

$80,804$103,438

Median home value

$155,100$198,100

Median gross rent

$750$1,063

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)

	Philo	St. Joseph
Under 5	6.8%	4.1%
5 to 17	24.6%	22.0%
18 to 24	5.6%	7.3%
25 to 34	13.3%	10.9%
35 to 44	14.5%	13.5%
45 to 54	10.7%	11.1%
55 to 64	8.0%	16.7%
65 to 74	8.7%	10.3%
75 and over	7.7%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Philo	St. Joseph
White (non-Hispanic)	97.9%	92.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	1.0%	2.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.6%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Philo	St. Joseph
No high school diploma	5.7%	1.4%
High school graduate	29.9%	20.3%
Some college or associate's	36.1%	41.2%
Bachelor's degree	19.9%	21.7%
Graduate or professional degree	8.5%	15.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Philo	St. Joseph
Drove alone	90.1%	78.5%
Carpooled	5.1%	3.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	0.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	4.4%	17.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Philo	St. Joseph
1-unit, detached	98.3%	90.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.0%
2 to 4 units	1.7%	5.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Philo	St. Joseph
Poverty rate	7.0%	4.3%
Average household size	3.02	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	21	24
Median year structure built	1968	1996