Ramsey vs Vandalia

A side-by-side comparison of Ramsey and Vandalia: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Vandalia has the higher population (6,041 vs 998 in Ramsey). Ramsey has the higher median household income ($50,664 vs $43,184 in Vandalia). Vandalia has the higher median home value ($88,800 vs $58,000 in Ramsey).

Population, income & housing

	Ramsey	Vandalia
Population	998	6,041
Median age	38.8 yrs	42.9 yrs
Median household income	$50,664	$43,184
Median home value	$58,000	$88,800
Median gross rent	$742	$738
Housing units	407	2,383
Homeownership rate	81.8%	64.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.0%	10.9%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ramsey	Vandalia
Population	987 → 998 (+1.1%)	6,909 → 6,041 (-12.6%)
Median household income	$32,381 → $50,664 (+56.5%)	$36,395 → $43,184 (+18.7%)
Median home value	$59,700 → $58,000 (-2.8%)	$83,700 → $88,800 (+6.1%)
Median gross rent	$650 → $742 (+14.2%)	$625 → $738 (+18.1%)

Ramsey

Population

987998

Median household income

$32,381$50,664

Median home value

$59,700$58,000

Median gross rent

$650$742

Vandalia

Population

6,9096,041

Median household income

$36,395$43,184

Median home value

$83,700$88,800

Median gross rent

$625$738

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ramsey	Vandalia
Under 5	6.3%	4.1%
5 to 17	16.8%	9.6%
18 to 24	9.0%	10.3%
25 to 34	14.1%	17.2%
35 to 44	7.7%	11.9%
45 to 54	18.7%	14.2%
55 to 64	11.7%	14.6%
65 to 74	3.1%	9.7%
75 and over	12.4%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ramsey	Vandalia
White (non-Hispanic)	91.7%	78.5%
Black or African American	2.1%	11.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	1.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.4%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	5.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ramsey	Vandalia
No high school diploma	31.0%	15.1%
High school graduate	42.8%	46.4%
Some college or associate's	18.2%	27.6%
Bachelor's degree	4.4%	7.4%
Graduate or professional degree	3.5%	3.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ramsey	Vandalia
Drove alone	86.3%	83.6%
Carpooled	11.0%	5.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	0.9%	3.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.9%	5.2%
Other means	0.9%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ramsey	Vandalia
1-unit, detached	80.6%	75.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	1.7%	12.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.4%
Mobile home & other	17.7%	1.6%

Poverty & households

	Ramsey	Vandalia
Poverty rate	16.5%	22.1%
Average household size	2.88	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	38	19
Median year structure built	1966	1954