Roxana vs St. Jacob

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

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

Roxana has the higher population (1,626 vs 1,617 in St. Jacob). St. Jacob has the higher median household income ($107,188 vs $66,125 in Roxana). St. Jacob has the higher median home value ($192,400 vs $101,800 in Roxana).

Population, income & housing

	Roxana	St. Jacob
Population	1,626	1,617
Median age	40.5 yrs	33.7 yrs
Median household income	$66,125	$107,188
Median home value	$101,800	$192,400
Median gross rent	$949	$1,260
Housing units	764	557
Homeownership rate	73.2%	83.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.6%	31.8%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Roxana	St. Jacob
Population	1,517 → 1,626 (+7.2%)	1,406 → 1,617 (+15.0%)
Median household income	$47,917 → $66,125 (+38.0%)	$80,742 → $107,188 (+32.8%)
Median home value	$80,300 → $101,800 (+26.8%)	$158,700 → $192,400 (+21.2%)
Median gross rent	$785 → $949 (+20.9%)	$1,136 → $1,260 (+10.9%)

Roxana

Population

1,5171,626

Median household income

$47,917$66,125

Median home value

$80,300$101,800

Median gross rent

$785$949

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)

	Roxana	St. Jacob
Under 5	7.7%	9.3%
5 to 17	14.4%	26.3%
18 to 24	4.6%	5.7%
25 to 34	14.5%	15.9%
35 to 44	16.9%	16.9%
45 to 54	8.9%	10.0%
55 to 64	17.6%	9.1%
65 to 74	7.7%	4.9%
75 and over	7.6%	1.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Roxana	St. Jacob
White (non-Hispanic)	96.9%	92.0%
Black or African American	1.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	3.5%
Two or more races	0.5%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Roxana	St. Jacob
No high school diploma	3.9%	4.6%
High school graduate	42.9%	21.1%
Some college or associate's	33.7%	42.5%
Bachelor's degree	14.2%	19.7%
Graduate or professional degree	5.4%	12.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Roxana	St. Jacob
Drove alone	90.2%	90.8%
Carpooled	3.7%	2.3%
Public transit	0.5%	0.5%
Walked	1.8%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.7%	5.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Roxana	St. Jacob
1-unit, detached	91.9%	91.6%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	2.5%	7.0%
5 to 19 units	4.3%	0.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Roxana	St. Jacob
Poverty rate	15.0%	2.9%
Average household size	2.32	3.06
Mean commute (minutes)	20	27
Median year structure built	1949	1995