Joppa vs Metropolis

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

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

Metropolis has the higher population (5,898 vs 264 in Joppa). Metropolis has the higher median household income ($51,548 vs $41,750 in Joppa). Metropolis has the higher median home value ($93,700 vs $44,000 in Joppa).

Population, income & housing

	Joppa	Metropolis
Population	264	5,898
Median age	28.4 yrs	46.3 yrs
Median household income	$41,750	$51,548
Median home value	$44,000	$93,700
Median gross rent	$775	$748
Housing units	110	3,125
Homeownership rate	55.8%	67.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.2%	14.4%
Unemployment rate	42.6%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Joppa	Metropolis
Population	274 → 264 (-3.6%)	6,129 → 5,898 (-3.8%)
Median household income	$27,361 → $41,750 (+52.6%)	$35,855 → $51,548 (+43.8%)
Median home value	$40,000 → $44,000 (+10.0%)	$73,800 → $93,700 (+27.0%)
Median gross rent	$642 → $775 (+20.7%)	$667 → $748 (+12.1%)

Joppa

Population

274264

Median household income

$27,361$41,750

Median home value

$40,000$44,000

Median gross rent

$642$775

Metropolis

Population

6,1295,898

Median household income

$35,855$51,548

Median home value

$73,800$93,700

Median gross rent

$667$748

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Joppa	Metropolis
Under 5	12.1%	3.6%
5 to 17	11.7%	15.9%
18 to 24	18.6%	6.4%
25 to 34	18.9%	7.0%
35 to 44	1.1%	16.0%
45 to 54	6.1%	12.6%
55 to 64	15.9%	13.3%
65 to 74	11.4%	10.6%
75 and over	4.2%	14.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Joppa	Metropolis
White (non-Hispanic)	93.9%	82.5%
Black or African American	3.8%	8.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.3%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	4.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Joppa	Metropolis
No high school diploma	11.8%	15.1%
High school graduate	40.1%	38.0%
Some college or associate's	38.8%	32.5%
Bachelor's degree	7.2%	8.9%
Graduate or professional degree	2.0%	5.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Joppa	Metropolis
Drove alone	93.9%	76.8%
Carpooled	6.1%	16.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	0.0%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	0.0%	5.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Joppa	Metropolis
1-unit, detached	78.2%	77.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	7.3%	9.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.8%
Mobile home & other	14.5%	8.8%

Poverty & households

	Joppa	Metropolis
Poverty rate	15.0%	16.6%
Average household size	3.07	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	26	17
Median year structure built	1957	1967