Rantoul vs Urbana

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

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

Urbana has the higher population (38,447 vs 12,515 in Rantoul). Rantoul has the higher median household income ($49,821 vs $45,854 in Urbana). Urbana has the higher median home value ($186,300 vs $109,200 in Rantoul).

Population, income & housing

	Rantoul	Urbana
Population	12,515	38,447
Median age	35.0 yrs	26.7 yrs
Median household income	$49,821	$45,854
Median home value	$109,200	$186,300
Median gross rent	$899	$951
Housing units	5,829	19,003
Homeownership rate	49.6%	34.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.9%	58.4%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rantoul	Urbana
Population	13,218 → 12,515 (-5.3%)	42,718 → 38,447 (-10.0%)
Median household income	$42,149 → $49,821 (+18.2%)	$37,102 → $45,854 (+23.6%)
Median home value	$85,900 → $109,200 (+27.1%)	$155,000 → $186,300 (+20.2%)
Median gross rent	$782 → $899 (+15.0%)	$838 → $951 (+13.5%)

Rantoul

Population

13,21812,515

Median household income

$42,149$49,821

Median home value

$85,900$109,200

Median gross rent

$782$899

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)

	Rantoul	Urbana
Under 5	9.0%	4.0%
5 to 17	20.3%	7.3%
18 to 24	9.1%	35.0%
25 to 34	11.6%	17.7%
35 to 44	15.0%	8.9%
45 to 54	9.9%	8.0%
55 to 64	12.8%	6.9%
65 to 74	6.7%	7.0%
75 and over	5.7%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rantoul	Urbana
White (non-Hispanic)	45.2%	55.5%
Black or African American	20.6%	16.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	14.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	10.9%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	22.4%	9.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rantoul	Urbana
No high school diploma	9.4%	4.5%
High school graduate	42.8%	18.5%
Some college or associate's	35.9%	18.6%
Bachelor's degree	6.5%	20.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.4%	37.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rantoul	Urbana
Drove alone	74.6%	51.8%
Carpooled	12.6%	6.9%
Public transit	0.4%	7.1%
Walked	0.9%	14.7%
Bicycle	0.8%	3.9%
Worked from home	10.5%	14.6%
Other means	0.2%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rantoul	Urbana
1-unit, detached	52.7%	36.9%
1-unit, attached	7.8%	4.7%
2 to 4 units	15.0%	8.6%
5 to 19 units	17.4%	26.3%
20 or more units	2.6%	23.1%
Mobile home & other	4.5%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Rantoul	Urbana
Poverty rate	18.7%	24.8%
Average household size	2.42	1.98
Mean commute (minutes)	19	14
Median year structure built	1965	1979