Madison vs St. Jacob

A side-by-side comparison of Madison and St. Jacob: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Madison has the higher population (2,788 vs 1,617 in St. Jacob). St. Jacob has the higher median household income ($107,188 vs $44,181 in Madison). St. Jacob has the higher median home value ($192,400 vs $51,200 in Madison).

Population, income & housing

	Madison	St. Jacob
Population	2,788	1,617
Median age	46.7 yrs	33.7 yrs
Median household income	$44,181	$107,188
Median home value	$51,200	$192,400
Median gross rent	$1,010	$1,260
Housing units	1,498	557
Homeownership rate	44.9%	83.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.2%	31.8%
Unemployment rate	21.4%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Madison	St. Jacob
Population	3,338 → 2,788 (-16.5%)	1,406 → 1,617 (+15.0%)
Median household income	$30,316 → $44,181 (+45.7%)	$80,742 → $107,188 (+32.8%)
Median home value	$44,700 → $51,200 (+14.5%)	$158,700 → $192,400 (+21.2%)
Median gross rent	$738 → $1,010 (+36.9%)	$1,136 → $1,260 (+10.9%)

Madison

Population

3,3382,788

Median household income

$30,316$44,181

Median home value

$44,700$51,200

Median gross rent

$738$1,010

St. Jacob

Population

1,4061,617

Median household income

$80,742$107,188

Median home value

$158,700$192,400

Median gross rent

$1,136$1,260

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Madison	St. Jacob
Under 5	1.8%	9.3%
5 to 17	15.3%	26.3%
18 to 24	4.4%	5.7%
25 to 34	17.4%	15.9%
35 to 44	9.9%	16.9%
45 to 54	11.0%	10.0%
55 to 64	24.6%	9.1%
65 to 74	9.8%	4.9%
75 and over	5.8%	1.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Madison	St. Jacob
White (non-Hispanic)	29.6%	92.0%
Black or African American	57.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	3.5%
Two or more races	6.2%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	5.8%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Madison	St. Jacob
No high school diploma	17.5%	4.6%
High school graduate	41.2%	21.1%
Some college or associate's	34.1%	42.5%
Bachelor's degree	4.7%	19.7%
Graduate or professional degree	2.5%	12.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Madison	St. Jacob
Drove alone	94.8%	90.8%
Carpooled	2.5%	2.3%
Public transit	2.1%	0.5%
Walked	0.0%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.5%	5.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Madison	St. Jacob
1-unit, detached	80.2%	91.6%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	13.3%	7.0%
5 to 19 units	0.8%	0.4%
20 or more units	0.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.7%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Madison	St. Jacob
Poverty rate	30.8%	2.9%
Average household size	2.22	3.06
Mean commute (minutes)	21	27
Median year structure built	1954	1995