Jerseyville vs Otterville

A side-by-side comparison of Jerseyville and Otterville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Jerseyville has the higher population (7,432 vs 137 in Otterville). Jerseyville has the higher median household income ($71,623 vs $63,643 in Otterville). Jerseyville has the higher median home value ($124,200 vs $57,500 in Otterville).

Population, income & housing

	Jerseyville	Otterville
Population	7,432	137
Median age	43.0 yrs	67.5 yrs
Median household income	$71,623	$63,643
Median home value	$124,200	$57,500
Median gross rent	$826	—
Housing units	3,525	86
Homeownership rate	65.9%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.2%	1.6%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jerseyville	Otterville
Population	8,161 → 7,432 (-8.9%)	134 → 137 (+2.2%)
Median household income	$48,918 → $71,623 (+46.4%)	$33,958 → $63,643 (+87.4%)
Median home value	$114,000 → $124,200 (+8.9%)	$75,000 → $57,500 (-23.3%)
Median gross rent	$626 → $826 (+31.9%)	—

Jerseyville

Population

8,1617,432

Median household income

$48,918$71,623

Median home value

$114,000$124,200

Median gross rent

$626$826

Otterville

Population

134137

Median household income

$33,958$63,643

Median home value

$75,000$57,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Jerseyville	Otterville
Under 5	6.2%	0.0%
5 to 17	17.1%	4.4%
18 to 24	6.3%	1.5%
25 to 34	11.9%	10.9%
35 to 44	11.9%	13.1%
45 to 54	12.5%	3.6%
55 to 64	15.8%	13.1%
65 to 74	9.0%	18.2%
75 and over	9.4%	35.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jerseyville	Otterville
White (non-Hispanic)	95.4%	97.1%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	2.2%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.9%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jerseyville	Otterville
No high school diploma	10.6%	7.0%
High school graduate	38.3%	73.6%
Some college or associate's	31.9%	17.8%
Bachelor's degree	12.3%	0.8%
Graduate or professional degree	6.9%	0.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jerseyville	Otterville
Drove alone	82.2%	57.6%
Carpooled	4.4%	33.3%
Public transit	0.8%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	6.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.6%	3.0%
Other means	1.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jerseyville	Otterville
1-unit, detached	84.9%	65.1%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	34.9%

Poverty & households

	Jerseyville	Otterville
Poverty rate	15.2%	7.4%
Average household size	2.36	2.14
Mean commute (minutes)	24	22
Median year structure built	1962	1959