Jacksonville vs Meredosia

A side-by-side comparison of Jacksonville and Meredosia: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Jacksonville has the higher population (17,490 vs 937 in Meredosia). Jacksonville has the higher median household income ($62,615 vs $57,500 in Meredosia). Jacksonville has the higher median home value ($128,300 vs $63,000 in Meredosia).

Population, income & housing

	Jacksonville	Meredosia
Population	17,490	937
Median age	37.6 yrs	43.1 yrs
Median household income	$62,615	$57,500
Median home value	$128,300	$63,000
Median gross rent	$703	$691
Housing units	7,828	490
Homeownership rate	62.0%	71.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.6%	8.2%
Unemployment rate	6.7%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jacksonville	Meredosia
Population	18,859 → 17,490 (-7.3%)	891 → 937 (+5.2%)
Median household income	$43,976 → $62,615 (+42.4%)	$54,063 → $57,500 (+6.4%)
Median home value	$103,900 → $128,300 (+23.5%)	$69,400 → $63,000 (-9.2%)
Median gross rent	$716 → $703 (-1.8%)	$578 → $691 (+19.6%)

Jacksonville

Population

18,85917,490

Median household income

$43,976$62,615

Median home value

$103,900$128,300

Median gross rent

$716$703

Meredosia

Population

891937

Median household income

$54,063$57,500

Median home value

$69,400$63,000

Median gross rent

$578$691

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Jacksonville	Meredosia
Under 5	4.9%	4.8%
5 to 17	11.8%	18.8%
18 to 24	13.6%	5.8%
25 to 34	15.0%	9.3%
35 to 44	13.1%	13.6%
45 to 54	10.2%	10.5%
55 to 64	12.7%	15.5%
65 to 74	9.9%	13.9%
75 and over	8.7%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jacksonville	Meredosia
White (non-Hispanic)	81.7%	94.5%
Black or African American	8.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.8%	5.2%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	0.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jacksonville	Meredosia
No high school diploma	11.9%	7.9%
High school graduate	38.5%	60.1%
Some college or associate's	25.9%	23.9%
Bachelor's degree	17.6%	6.8%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	1.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jacksonville	Meredosia
Drove alone	79.6%	81.7%
Carpooled	6.4%	9.3%
Public transit	1.8%	0.0%
Walked	2.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.0%	7.5%
Other means	0.2%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jacksonville	Meredosia
1-unit, detached	69.1%	83.5%
1-unit, attached	3.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.0%	2.7%
5 to 19 units	5.2%	1.8%
20 or more units	5.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.0%	12.0%

Poverty & households

	Jacksonville	Meredosia
Poverty rate	16.5%	10.0%
Average household size	2.25	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	16	24
Median year structure built	1962	1966