Abingdon vs Knoxville

A side-by-side comparison of Abingdon and Knoxville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Abingdon has the higher population (3,424 vs 3,137 in Knoxville). Knoxville has the higher median household income ($80,385 vs $56,414 in Abingdon). Knoxville has the higher median home value ($139,900 vs $88,900 in Abingdon).

Population, income & housing

	Abingdon	Knoxville
Population	3,424	3,137
Median age	38.9 yrs	43.3 yrs
Median household income	$56,414	$80,385
Median home value	$88,900	$139,900
Median gross rent	$723	$675
Housing units	1,635	1,355
Homeownership rate	69.8%	84.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.1%	24.1%
Unemployment rate	6.9%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Abingdon	Knoxville
Population	3,509 → 3,424 (-2.4%)	3,031 → 3,137 (+3.5%)
Median household income	$44,072 → $56,414 (+28.0%)	$57,350 → $80,385 (+40.2%)
Median home value	$61,700 → $88,900 (+44.1%)	$106,100 → $139,900 (+31.9%)
Median gross rent	$547 → $723 (+32.2%)	$649 → $675 (+4.0%)

Abingdon

Population

3,5093,424

Median household income

$44,072$56,414

Median home value

$61,700$88,900

Median gross rent

$547$723

Knoxville

Population

3,0313,137

Median household income

$57,350$80,385

Median home value

$106,100$139,900

Median gross rent

$649$675

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Abingdon	Knoxville
Under 5	6.2%	6.0%
5 to 17	18.4%	19.7%
18 to 24	5.0%	4.5%
25 to 34	16.0%	8.8%
35 to 44	12.2%	12.6%
45 to 54	11.4%	12.9%
55 to 64	13.0%	12.9%
65 to 74	9.6%	11.0%
75 and over	8.3%	11.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Abingdon	Knoxville
White (non-Hispanic)	91.1%	96.0%
Black or African American	1.4%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.0%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	5.4%	0.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Abingdon	Knoxville
No high school diploma	7.1%	3.5%
High school graduate	48.2%	32.8%
Some college or associate's	29.6%	39.7%
Bachelor's degree	11.0%	18.2%
Graduate or professional degree	4.0%	5.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Abingdon	Knoxville
Drove alone	94.1%	88.8%
Carpooled	2.3%	6.5%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.2%	4.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Abingdon	Knoxville
1-unit, detached	90.0%	80.7%
1-unit, attached	0.2%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	7.4%	9.5%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	2.1%
20 or more units	1.3%	2.2%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	4.8%

Poverty & households

	Abingdon	Knoxville
Poverty rate	12.3%	6.6%
Average household size	2.26	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	39	19
Median year structure built	1952	1959