Brookport vs Joppa

A side-by-side comparison of Brookport and Joppa: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Brookport has the higher population (680 vs 264 in Joppa). Joppa has the higher median household income ($41,750 vs $40,781 in Brookport). Brookport has the higher median home value ($60,300 vs $44,000 in Joppa).

Population, income & housing

	Brookport	Joppa
Population	680	264
Median age	32.5 yrs	28.4 yrs
Median household income	$40,781	$41,750
Median home value	$60,300	$44,000
Median gross rent	$838	$775
Housing units	340	110
Homeownership rate	64.2%	55.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.1%	9.2%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	42.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brookport	Joppa
Population	881 → 680 (-22.8%)	274 → 264 (-3.6%)
Median household income	$33,878 → $40,781 (+20.4%)	$27,361 → $41,750 (+52.6%)
Median home value	$53,900 → $60,300 (+11.9%)	$40,000 → $44,000 (+10.0%)
Median gross rent	$574 → $838 (+46.0%)	$642 → $775 (+20.7%)

Brookport

Population

881680

Median household income

$33,878$40,781

Median home value

$53,900$60,300

Median gross rent

$574$838

Joppa

Population

274264

Median household income

$27,361$41,750

Median home value

$40,000$44,000

Median gross rent

$642$775

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brookport	Joppa
Under 5	10.1%	12.1%
5 to 17	15.4%	11.7%
18 to 24	6.9%	18.6%
25 to 34	17.8%	18.9%
35 to 44	15.4%	1.1%
45 to 54	5.0%	6.1%
55 to 64	9.7%	15.9%
65 to 74	9.4%	11.4%
75 and over	10.1%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brookport	Joppa
White (non-Hispanic)	88.8%	93.9%
Black or African American	5.7%	3.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.4%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brookport	Joppa
No high school diploma	13.1%	11.8%
High school graduate	52.7%	40.1%
Some college or associate's	28.1%	38.8%
Bachelor's degree	4.8%	7.2%
Graduate or professional degree	1.3%	2.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brookport	Joppa
Drove alone	93.6%	93.9%
Carpooled	0.7%	6.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.9%	0.0%
Other means	1.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brookport	Joppa
1-unit, detached	58.8%	78.2%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.2%	7.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	32.6%	14.5%

Poverty & households

	Brookport	Joppa
Poverty rate	22.1%	15.0%
Average household size	2.36	3.07
Mean commute (minutes)	21	26
Median year structure built	1969	1957