Keithsburg vs Viola

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

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

Viola has the higher population (942 vs 520 in Keithsburg). Viola has the higher median household income ($67,500 vs $46,875 in Keithsburg). Viola has the higher median home value ($114,500 vs $58,800 in Keithsburg).

Population, income & housing

	Keithsburg	Viola
Population	520	942
Median age	51.6 yrs	46.1 yrs
Median household income	$46,875	$67,500
Median home value	$58,800	$114,500
Median gross rent	$609	$692
Housing units	351	467
Homeownership rate	83.8%	92.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.7%	19.3%
Unemployment rate	11.5%	8.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Keithsburg	Viola
Population	545 → 520 (-4.6%)	966 → 942 (-2.5%)
Median household income	$45,972 → $46,875 (+2.0%)	$62,917 → $67,500 (+7.3%)
Median home value	$49,500 → $58,800 (+18.8%)	$95,000 → $114,500 (+20.5%)
Median gross rent	$658 → $609 (-7.4%)	$625 → $692 (+10.7%)

Keithsburg

Population

545520

Median household income

$45,972$46,875

Median home value

$49,500$58,800

Median gross rent

$658$609

Viola

Population

966942

Median household income

$62,917$67,500

Median home value

$95,000$114,500

Median gross rent

$625$692

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Keithsburg	Viola
Under 5	6.0%	5.3%
5 to 17	11.3%	13.6%
18 to 24	4.6%	6.2%
25 to 34	8.1%	12.5%
35 to 44	8.5%	11.4%
45 to 54	16.3%	14.4%
55 to 64	15.0%	18.6%
65 to 74	16.0%	9.8%
75 and over	14.2%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Keithsburg	Viola
White (non-Hispanic)	96.5%	90.2%
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	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	6.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Keithsburg	Viola
No high school diploma	13.5%	8.6%
High school graduate	58.6%	34.4%
Some college or associate's	24.1%	37.7%
Bachelor's degree	1.7%	13.0%
Graduate or professional degree	2.0%	6.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Keithsburg	Viola
Drove alone	76.0%	80.7%
Carpooled	24.0%	8.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	9.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Keithsburg	Viola
1-unit, detached	64.4%	88.0%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	5.7%	2.4%
5 to 19 units	4.8%	6.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	23.4%	2.6%

Poverty & households

	Keithsburg	Viola
Poverty rate	15.6%	8.6%
Average household size	2.00	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	41	21
Median year structure built	1972	1957