Johnsburg vs Spring Grove

A side-by-side comparison of Johnsburg and Spring Grove: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Johnsburg has the higher population (6,374 vs 5,866 in Spring Grove). Spring Grove has the higher median household income ($133,224 vs $106,827 in Johnsburg). Spring Grove has the higher median home value ($371,200 vs $312,200 in Johnsburg).

Population, income & housing

	Johnsburg	Spring Grove
Population	6,374	5,866
Median age	41.3 yrs	38.9 yrs
Median household income	$106,827	$133,224
Median home value	$312,200	$371,200
Median gross rent	$1,330	—
Housing units	2,631	1,867
Homeownership rate	88.4%	97.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.6%	41.8%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	8.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Johnsburg	Spring Grove
Population	6,384 → 6,374 (-0.2%)	5,614 → 5,866 (+4.5%)
Median household income	$117,684 → $106,827 (-9.2%)	$123,150 → $133,224 (+8.2%)
Median home value	$277,500 → $312,200 (+12.5%)	$302,700 → $371,200 (+22.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,410 → $1,330 (-5.7%)	$2,101 → $2,226 (+5.9%)

Johnsburg

Population

6,3846,374

Median household income

$117,684$106,827

Median home value

$277,500$312,200

Median gross rent

$1,410$1,330

Spring Grove

Population

5,6145,866

Median household income

$123,150$133,224

Median home value

$302,700$371,200

Median gross rent

$2,101$2,226

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Johnsburg	Spring Grove
Under 5	6.7%	7.7%
5 to 17	16.6%	18.2%
18 to 24	7.0%	6.7%
25 to 34	12.2%	11.8%
35 to 44	10.5%	11.1%
45 to 54	12.8%	14.0%
55 to 64	16.6%	17.8%
65 to 74	11.5%	8.5%
75 and over	6.2%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Johnsburg	Spring Grove
White (non-Hispanic)	86.7%	80.8%
Black or African American	1.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	1.0%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.3%	10.1%
Hispanic or Latino	7.2%	7.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Johnsburg	Spring Grove
No high school diploma	3.9%	1.7%
High school graduate	31.6%	21.2%
Some college or associate's	33.8%	35.3%
Bachelor's degree	18.8%	30.3%
Graduate or professional degree	11.8%	11.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Johnsburg	Spring Grove
Drove alone	82.4%	74.2%
Carpooled	6.4%	2.4%
Public transit	1.0%	2.6%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.2%	19.5%
Other means	0.0%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Johnsburg	Spring Grove
1-unit, detached	90.2%	97.4%
1-unit, attached	6.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.4%	2.2%
5 to 19 units	1.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Johnsburg	Spring Grove
Poverty rate	11.9%	1.0%
Average household size	2.71	3.14
Mean commute (minutes)	29	33
Median year structure built	1986	1997