Rantoul vs St. Joseph

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

Rantoul and St. Joseph 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 3,833 in St. Joseph). St. Joseph has the higher median household income ($114,594 vs $49,821 in Rantoul). St. Joseph has the higher median home value ($257,400 vs $109,200 in Rantoul).

Population, income & housing

	Rantoul	St. Joseph
Population	12,515	3,833
Median age	35.0 yrs	39.9 yrs
Median household income	$49,821	$114,594
Median home value	$109,200	$257,400
Median gross rent	$899	$969
Housing units	5,829	1,511
Homeownership rate	49.6%	85.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.9%	37.1%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	0.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rantoul	St. Joseph
Population	13,218 → 12,515 (-5.3%)	4,448 → 3,833 (-13.8%)
Median household income	$42,149 → $49,821 (+18.2%)	$94,088 → $114,594 (+21.8%)
Median home value	$85,900 → $109,200 (+27.1%)	$189,300 → $257,400 (+36.0%)
Median gross rent	$782 → $899 (+15.0%)	$770 → $969 (+25.8%)

Rantoul

Population

13,21812,515

Median household income

$42,149$49,821

Median home value

$85,900$109,200

Median gross rent

$782$899

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)

	Rantoul	St. Joseph
Under 5	9.0%	4.1%
5 to 17	20.3%	22.0%
18 to 24	9.1%	7.3%
25 to 34	11.6%	10.9%
35 to 44	15.0%	13.5%
45 to 54	9.9%	11.1%
55 to 64	12.8%	16.7%
65 to 74	6.7%	10.3%
75 and over	5.7%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rantoul	St. Joseph
White (non-Hispanic)	45.2%	92.4%
Black or African American	20.6%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	0.7%	2.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	10.9%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	22.4%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rantoul	St. Joseph
No high school diploma	9.4%	1.4%
High school graduate	42.8%	20.3%
Some college or associate's	35.9%	41.2%
Bachelor's degree	6.5%	21.7%
Graduate or professional degree	5.4%	15.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rantoul	St. Joseph
Drove alone	74.6%	78.5%
Carpooled	12.6%	3.2%
Public transit	0.4%	0.1%
Walked	0.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.5%
Worked from home	10.5%	17.4%
Other means	0.2%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rantoul	St. Joseph
1-unit, detached	52.7%	90.1%
1-unit, attached	7.8%	4.0%
2 to 4 units	15.0%	5.4%
5 to 19 units	17.4%	0.5%
20 or more units	2.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Rantoul	St. Joseph
Poverty rate	18.7%	4.3%
Average household size	2.42	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	19	24
Median year structure built	1965	1996