St. Joseph vs Urbana

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

St. Joseph 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 3,833 in St. Joseph). St. Joseph has the higher median household income ($114,594 vs $45,854 in Urbana). St. Joseph has the higher median home value ($257,400 vs $186,300 in Urbana).

Population, income & housing

	St. Joseph	Urbana
Population	3,833	38,447
Median age	39.9 yrs	26.7 yrs
Median household income	$114,594	$45,854
Median home value	$257,400	$186,300
Median gross rent	$969	$951
Housing units	1,511	19,003
Homeownership rate	85.8%	34.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.1%	58.4%
Unemployment rate	0.7%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	St. Joseph	Urbana
Population	4,448 → 3,833 (-13.8%)	42,718 → 38,447 (-10.0%)
Median household income	$94,088 → $114,594 (+21.8%)	$37,102 → $45,854 (+23.6%)
Median home value	$189,300 → $257,400 (+36.0%)	$155,000 → $186,300 (+20.2%)
Median gross rent	$770 → $969 (+25.8%)	$838 → $951 (+13.5%)

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

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)

	St. Joseph	Urbana
Under 5	4.1%	4.0%
5 to 17	22.0%	7.3%
18 to 24	7.3%	35.0%
25 to 34	10.9%	17.7%
35 to 44	13.5%	8.9%
45 to 54	11.1%	8.0%
55 to 64	16.7%	6.9%
65 to 74	10.3%	7.0%
75 and over	4.1%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	St. Joseph	Urbana
White (non-Hispanic)	92.4%	55.5%
Black or African American	0.1%	16.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	2.1%	14.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.7%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	9.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	St. Joseph	Urbana
No high school diploma	1.4%	4.5%
High school graduate	20.3%	18.5%
Some college or associate's	41.2%	18.6%
Bachelor's degree	21.7%	20.8%
Graduate or professional degree	15.4%	37.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	St. Joseph	Urbana
Drove alone	78.5%	51.8%
Carpooled	3.2%	6.9%
Public transit	0.1%	7.1%
Walked	0.0%	14.7%
Bicycle	0.5%	3.9%
Worked from home	17.4%	14.6%
Other means	0.4%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	St. Joseph	Urbana
1-unit, detached	90.1%	36.9%
1-unit, attached	4.0%	4.7%
2 to 4 units	5.4%	8.6%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	26.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	23.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	St. Joseph	Urbana
Poverty rate	4.3%	24.8%
Average household size	2.54	1.98
Mean commute (minutes)	24	14
Median year structure built	1996	1979