Savoy vs St. Joseph

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

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

Savoy has the higher population (8,807 vs 3,833 in St. Joseph). St. Joseph has the higher median household income ($114,594 vs $88,828 in Savoy). Savoy has the higher median home value ($280,700 vs $257,400 in St. Joseph).

Population, income & housing

	Savoy	St. Joseph
Population	8,807	3,833
Median age	38.3 yrs	39.9 yrs
Median household income	$88,828	$114,594
Median home value	$280,700	$257,400
Median gross rent	$954	$969
Housing units	3,837	1,511
Homeownership rate	58.8%	85.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	58.8%	37.1%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	0.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Savoy	St. Joseph
Population	8,534 → 8,807 (+3.2%)	4,448 → 3,833 (-13.8%)
Median household income	$72,785 → $88,828 (+22.0%)	$94,088 → $114,594 (+21.8%)
Median home value	$233,000 → $280,700 (+20.5%)	$189,300 → $257,400 (+36.0%)
Median gross rent	$941 → $954 (+1.4%)	$770 → $969 (+25.8%)

Savoy

Population

8,5348,807

Median household income

$72,785$88,828

Median home value

$233,000$280,700

Median gross rent

$941$954

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)

	Savoy	St. Joseph
Under 5	7.2%	4.1%
5 to 17	18.8%	22.0%
18 to 24	8.0%	7.3%
25 to 34	11.9%	10.9%
35 to 44	15.3%	13.5%
45 to 54	11.1%	11.1%
55 to 64	8.6%	16.7%
65 to 74	10.7%	10.3%
75 and over	8.4%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Savoy	St. Joseph
White (non-Hispanic)	64.9%	92.4%
Black or African American	9.1%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	15.0%	2.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.9%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	8.0%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Savoy	St. Joseph
No high school diploma	2.1%	1.4%
High school graduate	22.3%	20.3%
Some college or associate's	16.7%	41.2%
Bachelor's degree	25.4%	21.7%
Graduate or professional degree	33.4%	15.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Savoy	St. Joseph
Drove alone	76.3%	78.5%
Carpooled	6.1%	3.2%
Public transit	1.3%	0.1%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	16.3%	17.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Savoy	St. Joseph
1-unit, detached	45.1%	90.1%
1-unit, attached	11.0%	4.0%
2 to 4 units	8.6%	5.4%
5 to 19 units	19.1%	0.5%
20 or more units	16.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Savoy	St. Joseph
Poverty rate	9.0%	4.3%
Average household size	2.48	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	17	24
Median year structure built	1995	1996