Savoy vs Urbana

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

Savoy 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 8,807 in Savoy). Savoy has the higher median household income ($88,828 vs $45,854 in Urbana). Savoy has the higher median home value ($280,700 vs $186,300 in Urbana).

Population, income & housing

	Savoy	Urbana
Population	8,807	38,447
Median age	38.3 yrs	26.7 yrs
Median household income	$88,828	$45,854
Median home value	$280,700	$186,300
Median gross rent	$954	$951
Housing units	3,837	19,003
Homeownership rate	58.8%	34.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	58.8%	58.4%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Savoy	Urbana
Population	8,534 → 8,807 (+3.2%)	42,718 → 38,447 (-10.0%)
Median household income	$72,785 → $88,828 (+22.0%)	$37,102 → $45,854 (+23.6%)
Median home value	$233,000 → $280,700 (+20.5%)	$155,000 → $186,300 (+20.2%)
Median gross rent	$941 → $954 (+1.4%)	$838 → $951 (+13.5%)

Savoy

Population

8,5348,807

Median household income

$72,785$88,828

Median home value

$233,000$280,700

Median gross rent

$941$954

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)

	Savoy	Urbana
Under 5	7.2%	4.0%
5 to 17	18.8%	7.3%
18 to 24	8.0%	35.0%
25 to 34	11.9%	17.7%
35 to 44	15.3%	8.9%
45 to 54	11.1%	8.0%
55 to 64	8.6%	6.9%
65 to 74	10.7%	7.0%
75 and over	8.4%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Savoy	Urbana
White (non-Hispanic)	64.9%	55.5%
Black or African American	9.1%	16.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	15.0%	14.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.9%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	8.0%	9.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Savoy	Urbana
No high school diploma	2.1%	4.5%
High school graduate	22.3%	18.5%
Some college or associate's	16.7%	18.6%
Bachelor's degree	25.4%	20.8%
Graduate or professional degree	33.4%	37.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Savoy	Urbana
Drove alone	76.3%	51.8%
Carpooled	6.1%	6.9%
Public transit	1.3%	7.1%
Walked	0.0%	14.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	3.9%
Worked from home	16.3%	14.6%
Other means	0.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Savoy	Urbana
1-unit, detached	45.1%	36.9%
1-unit, attached	11.0%	4.7%
2 to 4 units	8.6%	8.6%
5 to 19 units	19.1%	26.3%
20 or more units	16.2%	23.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Savoy	Urbana
Poverty rate	9.0%	24.8%
Average household size	2.48	1.98
Mean commute (minutes)	17	14
Median year structure built	1995	1979