Joy vs Preemption

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

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

Joy has the higher population (377 vs 100 in Preemption). Preemption has the higher median household income ($81,364 vs $64,583 in Joy). Preemption has the higher median home value ($167,900 vs $82,300 in Joy).

Population, income & housing

	Joy	Preemption
Population	377	100
Median age	37.6 yrs	54.8 yrs
Median household income	$64,583	$81,364
Median home value	$82,300	$167,900
Median gross rent	$885	—
Housing units	181	84
Homeownership rate	81.3%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.9%	31.2%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Joy	Preemption
Population	384 → 377 (-1.8%)	172 → 100 (-41.9%)
Median household income	$43,438 → $64,583 (+48.7%)	$61,563 → $81,364 (+32.2%)
Median home value	$64,800 → $82,300 (+27.0%)	$131,300 → $167,900 (+27.9%)
Median gross rent	$713 → $885 (+24.1%)	—

Joy

Population

384377

Median household income

$43,438$64,583

Median home value

$64,800$82,300

Median gross rent

$713$885

Preemption

Population

172100

Median household income

$61,563$81,364

Median home value

$131,300$167,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Joy	Preemption
Under 5	10.1%	0.0%
5 to 17	16.2%	23.0%
18 to 24	5.8%	0.0%
25 to 34	15.1%	0.0%
35 to 44	15.9%	22.0%
45 to 54	11.4%	6.0%
55 to 64	8.0%	13.0%
65 to 74	9.8%	29.0%
75 and over	7.7%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Joy	Preemption
White (non-Hispanic)	93.6%	100.0%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Joy	Preemption
No high school diploma	9.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	55.5%	27.3%
Some college or associate's	29.7%	41.6%
Bachelor's degree	2.3%	22.1%
Graduate or professional degree	3.5%	9.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Joy	Preemption
Drove alone	83.5%	70.8%
Carpooled	9.4%	29.2%
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	Preemption
1-unit, detached	82.9%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	14.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Joy	Preemption
Poverty rate	15.5%	6.0%
Average household size	2.43	2.63
Mean commute (minutes)	42	24
Median year structure built	1955	1967