Rantoul vs Savoy

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

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

Rantoul has the higher population (12,515 vs 8,807 in Savoy). Savoy has the higher median household income ($88,828 vs $49,821 in Rantoul). Savoy has the higher median home value ($280,700 vs $109,200 in Rantoul).

Population, income & housing

	Rantoul	Savoy
Population	12,515	8,807
Median age	35.0 yrs	38.3 yrs
Median household income	$49,821	$88,828
Median home value	$109,200	$280,700
Median gross rent	$899	$954
Housing units	5,829	3,837
Homeownership rate	49.6%	58.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.9%	58.8%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	1.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rantoul	Savoy
Population	13,218 → 12,515 (-5.3%)	8,534 → 8,807 (+3.2%)
Median household income	$42,149 → $49,821 (+18.2%)	$72,785 → $88,828 (+22.0%)
Median home value	$85,900 → $109,200 (+27.1%)	$233,000 → $280,700 (+20.5%)
Median gross rent	$782 → $899 (+15.0%)	$941 → $954 (+1.4%)

Rantoul

Population

13,21812,515

Median household income

$42,149$49,821

Median home value

$85,900$109,200

Median gross rent

$782$899

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)

	Rantoul	Savoy
Under 5	9.0%	7.2%
5 to 17	20.3%	18.8%
18 to 24	9.1%	8.0%
25 to 34	11.6%	11.9%
35 to 44	15.0%	15.3%
45 to 54	9.9%	11.1%
55 to 64	12.8%	8.6%
65 to 74	6.7%	10.7%
75 and over	5.7%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rantoul	Savoy
White (non-Hispanic)	45.2%	64.9%
Black or African American	20.6%	9.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	15.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	10.9%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	22.4%	8.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rantoul	Savoy
No high school diploma	9.4%	2.1%
High school graduate	42.8%	22.3%
Some college or associate's	35.9%	16.7%
Bachelor's degree	6.5%	25.4%
Graduate or professional degree	5.4%	33.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rantoul	Savoy
Drove alone	74.6%	76.3%
Carpooled	12.6%	6.1%
Public transit	0.4%	1.3%
Walked	0.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.5%	16.3%
Other means	0.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rantoul	Savoy
1-unit, detached	52.7%	45.1%
1-unit, attached	7.8%	11.0%
2 to 4 units	15.0%	8.6%
5 to 19 units	17.4%	19.1%
20 or more units	2.6%	16.2%
Mobile home & other	4.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Rantoul	Savoy
Poverty rate	18.7%	9.0%
Average household size	2.42	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	19	17
Median year structure built	1965	1995