Havana vs San Jose

A side-by-side comparison of Havana and San Jose: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Havana has the higher population (3,176 vs 604 in San Jose). San Jose has the higher median household income ($60,278 vs $55,428 in Havana). Havana has the higher median home value ($95,200 vs $66,300 in San Jose).

Population, income & housing

	Havana	San Jose
Population	3,176	604
Median age	41.7 yrs	34.1 yrs
Median household income	$55,428	$60,278
Median home value	$95,200	$66,300
Median gross rent	$716	$900
Housing units	1,607	243
Homeownership rate	69.7%	89.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.4%	20.8%
Unemployment rate	8.4%	19.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Havana	San Jose
Population	3,197 → 3,176 (-0.7%)	715 → 604 (-15.5%)
Median household income	$40,417 → $55,428 (+37.1%)	$56,125 → $60,278 (+7.4%)
Median home value	$74,900 → $95,200 (+27.1%)	$60,600 → $66,300 (+9.4%)
Median gross rent	$659 → $716 (+8.6%)	$694 → $900 (+29.7%)

Havana

Population

3,1973,176

Median household income

$40,417$55,428

Median home value

$74,900$95,200

Median gross rent

$659$716

San Jose

Population

715604

Median household income

$56,125$60,278

Median home value

$60,600$66,300

Median gross rent

$694$900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Havana	San Jose
Under 5	3.9%	8.1%
5 to 17	17.5%	18.4%
18 to 24	6.4%	7.5%
25 to 34	12.5%	17.7%
35 to 44	13.6%	12.3%
45 to 54	11.5%	12.9%
55 to 64	14.4%	12.9%
65 to 74	8.2%	6.8%
75 and over	12.0%	3.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Havana	San Jose
White (non-Hispanic)	93.4%	85.6%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	3.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.1%	10.4%
Hispanic or Latino	2.7%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Havana	San Jose
No high school diploma	8.4%	6.3%
High school graduate	39.5%	37.8%
Some college or associate's	36.7%	35.1%
Bachelor's degree	12.1%	16.8%
Graduate or professional degree	3.2%	4.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Havana	San Jose
Drove alone	81.3%	88.9%
Carpooled	6.5%	1.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.1%	8.0%
Other means	1.5%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Havana	San Jose
1-unit, detached	80.4%	98.4%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	7.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	7.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.9%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Havana	San Jose
Poverty rate	20.7%	21.0%
Average household size	2.14	2.65
Mean commute (minutes)	23	26
Median year structure built	1959	1954