Godfrey vs Troy

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

Godfrey and Troy 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 10,889 in Troy). Troy has the higher median household income ($97,825 vs $92,746 in Godfrey). Troy has the higher median home value ($240,800 vs $181,400 in Godfrey).

Population, income & housing

	Godfrey	Troy
Population	17,743	10,889
Median age	49.9 yrs	35.8 yrs
Median household income	$92,746	$97,825
Median home value	$181,400	$240,800
Median gross rent	$1,111	$1,060
Housing units	8,115	4,591
Homeownership rate	83.3%	67.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.4%	45.5%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Godfrey	Troy
Population	17,579 → 17,743 (+0.9%)	10,336 → 10,889 (+5.4%)
Median household income	$73,238 → $92,746 (+26.6%)	$71,381 → $97,825 (+37.0%)
Median home value	$148,300 → $181,400 (+22.3%)	$178,800 → $240,800 (+34.7%)
Median gross rent	$951 → $1,111 (+16.8%)	$818 → $1,060 (+29.6%)

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

Troy

Population

10,33610,889

Median household income

$71,381$97,825

Median home value

$178,800$240,800

Median gross rent

$818$1,060

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Godfrey	Troy
Under 5	4.2%	7.5%
5 to 17	12.8%	21.6%
18 to 24	7.4%	3.8%
25 to 34	10.8%	15.3%
35 to 44	8.4%	14.8%
45 to 54	13.6%	11.2%
55 to 64	17.0%	12.3%
65 to 74	14.7%	8.0%
75 and over	11.2%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Godfrey	Troy
White (non-Hispanic)	88.0%	90.3%
Black or African American	5.1%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	4.6%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	3.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Godfrey	Troy
No high school diploma	3.6%	2.6%
High school graduate	24.3%	17.0%
Some college or associate's	38.7%	35.0%
Bachelor's degree	21.9%	30.1%
Graduate or professional degree	11.6%	15.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Godfrey	Troy
Drove alone	82.4%	84.6%
Carpooled	4.2%	5.7%
Public transit	0.5%	0.4%
Walked	0.0%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.6%	8.5%
Other means	0.2%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Godfrey	Troy
1-unit, detached	82.8%	69.5%
1-unit, attached	3.0%	8.1%
2 to 4 units	8.2%	12.6%
5 to 19 units	2.3%	3.7%
20 or more units	1.6%	5.0%
Mobile home & other	2.1%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Godfrey	Troy
Poverty rate	6.7%	1.6%
Average household size	2.29	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	26	25
Median year structure built	1975	1992