Biggsville vs Media

A side-by-side comparison of Biggsville and Media: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Biggsville has the higher population (298 vs 99 in Media). Biggsville has the higher median household income ($75,417 vs $65,833 in Media). Biggsville has the higher median home value ($83,600 vs $81,000 in Media).

Population, income & housing

	Biggsville	Media
Population	298	99
Median age	52.5 yrs	52.4 yrs
Median household income	$75,417	$65,833
Median home value	$83,600	$81,000
Median gross rent	$388	—
Housing units	154	48
Homeownership rate	90.5%	87.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.9%	15.9%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Biggsville	Media
Population	351 → 298 (-15.1%)	107 → 99 (-7.5%)
Median household income	$53,750 → $75,417 (+40.3%)	$72,250 → $65,833 (-8.9%)
Median home value	$86,700 → $83,600 (-3.6%)	$85,600 → $81,000 (-5.4%)
Median gross rent	$733 → $388 (-47.1%)	$700 → $825 (+17.9%)

Biggsville

Population

351298

Median household income

$53,750$75,417

Median home value

$86,700$83,600

Median gross rent

$733$388

Media

Population

10799

Median household income

$72,250$65,833

Median home value

$85,600$81,000

Median gross rent

$700$825

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Biggsville	Media
Under 5	3.7%	6.1%
5 to 17	9.7%	8.1%
18 to 24	10.7%	3.0%
25 to 34	13.8%	16.2%
35 to 44	8.7%	8.1%
45 to 54	11.1%	21.2%
55 to 64	12.1%	20.2%
65 to 74	13.8%	10.1%
75 and over	16.4%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Biggsville	Media
White (non-Hispanic)	97.3%	89.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	10.1%
Asian	0.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Biggsville	Media
No high school diploma	6.2%	15.9%
High school graduate	27.0%	46.3%
Some college or associate's	38.9%	22.0%
Bachelor's degree	21.7%	8.5%
Graduate or professional degree	6.2%	7.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Biggsville	Media
Drove alone	93.9%	93.1%
Carpooled	1.2%	6.9%
Public transit	1.2%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.6%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Biggsville	Media
1-unit, detached	90.9%	95.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.2%	4.2%

Poverty & households

	Biggsville	Media
Poverty rate	9.7%	10.1%
Average household size	2.18	2.15
Mean commute (minutes)	27	27
Median year structure built	1947	1938