Godfrey vs Highland

A side-by-side comparison of Godfrey and Highland: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Godfrey has the higher population (17,743 vs 10,268 in Highland). Godfrey has the higher median household income ($92,746 vs $77,886 in Highland). Highland has the higher median home value ($185,800 vs $181,400 in Godfrey).

Population, income & housing

	Godfrey	Highland
Population	17,743	10,268
Median age	49.9 yrs	42.1 yrs
Median household income	$92,746	$77,886
Median home value	$181,400	$185,800
Median gross rent	$1,111	$776
Housing units	8,115	5,025
Homeownership rate	83.3%	71.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.4%	31.3%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Godfrey	Highland
Population	17,579 → 17,743 (+0.9%)	10,012 → 10,268 (+2.6%)
Median household income	$73,238 → $92,746 (+26.6%)	$59,922 → $77,886 (+30.0%)
Median home value	$148,300 → $181,400 (+22.3%)	$152,100 → $185,800 (+22.2%)
Median gross rent	$951 → $1,111 (+16.8%)	$725 → $776 (+7.0%)

Godfrey

Population

17,57917,743

Median household income

$73,238$92,746

Median home value

$148,300$181,400

Median gross rent

$951$1,111

Highland

Population

10,01210,268

Median household income

$59,922$77,886

Median home value

$152,100$185,800

Median gross rent

$725$776

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Godfrey	Highland
Under 5	4.2%	5.3%
5 to 17	12.8%	15.2%
18 to 24	7.4%	6.3%
25 to 34	10.8%	13.9%
35 to 44	8.4%	13.5%
45 to 54	13.6%	11.6%
55 to 64	17.0%	15.5%
65 to 74	14.7%	10.4%
75 and over	11.2%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Godfrey	Highland
White (non-Hispanic)	88.0%	89.5%
Black or African American	5.1%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	3.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.6%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Godfrey	Highland
No high school diploma	3.6%	3.5%
High school graduate	24.3%	28.6%
Some college or associate's	38.7%	36.6%
Bachelor's degree	21.9%	20.3%
Graduate or professional degree	11.6%	11.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Godfrey	Highland
Drove alone	82.4%	81.9%
Carpooled	4.2%	5.2%
Public transit	0.5%	0.9%
Walked	0.0%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.0%
Worked from home	12.6%	10.1%
Other means	0.2%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Godfrey	Highland
1-unit, detached	82.8%	67.8%
1-unit, attached	3.0%	5.1%
2 to 4 units	8.2%	14.1%
5 to 19 units	2.3%	8.0%
20 or more units	1.6%	4.6%
Mobile home & other	2.1%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Godfrey	Highland
Poverty rate	6.7%	6.0%
Average household size	2.29	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	26	26
Median year structure built	1975	1976