Joy vs Keithsburg

A side-by-side comparison of Joy and Keithsburg: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Keithsburg has the higher population (520 vs 377 in Joy). Joy has the higher median household income ($64,583 vs $46,875 in Keithsburg). Joy has the higher median home value ($82,300 vs $58,800 in Keithsburg).

Population, income & housing

	Joy	Keithsburg
Population	377	520
Median age	37.6 yrs	51.6 yrs
Median household income	$64,583	$46,875
Median home value	$82,300	$58,800
Median gross rent	$885	$609
Housing units	181	351
Homeownership rate	81.3%	83.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.9%	3.7%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	11.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Joy	Keithsburg
Population	384 → 377 (-1.8%)	545 → 520 (-4.6%)
Median household income	$43,438 → $64,583 (+48.7%)	$45,972 → $46,875 (+2.0%)
Median home value	$64,800 → $82,300 (+27.0%)	$49,500 → $58,800 (+18.8%)
Median gross rent	$713 → $885 (+24.1%)	$658 → $609 (-7.4%)

Joy

Population

384377

Median household income

$43,438$64,583

Median home value

$64,800$82,300

Median gross rent

$713$885

Keithsburg

Population

545520

Median household income

$45,972$46,875

Median home value

$49,500$58,800

Median gross rent

$658$609

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Joy	Keithsburg
Under 5	10.1%	6.0%
5 to 17	16.2%	11.3%
18 to 24	5.8%	4.6%
25 to 34	15.1%	8.1%
35 to 44	15.9%	8.5%
45 to 54	11.4%	16.3%
55 to 64	8.0%	15.0%
65 to 74	9.8%	16.0%
75 and over	7.7%	14.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Joy	Keithsburg
White (non-Hispanic)	93.6%	96.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	2.7%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Joy	Keithsburg
No high school diploma	9.0%	13.5%
High school graduate	55.5%	58.6%
Some college or associate's	29.7%	24.1%
Bachelor's degree	2.3%	1.7%
Graduate or professional degree	3.5%	2.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Joy	Keithsburg
Drove alone	83.5%	76.0%
Carpooled	9.4%	24.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.1%	0.0%
Other means	2.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Joy	Keithsburg
1-unit, detached	82.9%	64.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	1.1%	5.7%
5 to 19 units	1.7%	4.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	14.4%	23.4%

Poverty & households

	Joy	Keithsburg
Poverty rate	15.5%	15.6%
Average household size	2.43	2.00
Mean commute (minutes)	42	41
Median year structure built	1955	1972