Jacksonville vs Murrayville

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

Jacksonville and Murrayville 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 671 in Murrayville). Jacksonville has the higher median household income ($62,615 vs $49,615 in Murrayville). Jacksonville has the higher median home value ($128,300 vs $106,000 in Murrayville).

Population, income & housing

	Jacksonville	Murrayville
Population	17,490	671
Median age	37.6 yrs	39.4 yrs
Median household income	$62,615	$49,615
Median home value	$128,300	$106,000
Median gross rent	$703	$788
Housing units	7,828	320
Homeownership rate	62.0%	82.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.6%	8.7%
Unemployment rate	6.7%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jacksonville	Murrayville
Population	18,859 → 17,490 (-7.3%)	512 → 671 (+31.1%)
Median household income	$43,976 → $62,615 (+42.4%)	$59,583 → $49,615 (-16.7%)
Median home value	$103,900 → $128,300 (+23.5%)	$82,500 → $106,000 (+28.5%)
Median gross rent	$716 → $703 (-1.8%)	$589 → $788 (+33.8%)

Jacksonville

Population

18,85917,490

Median household income

$43,976$62,615

Median home value

$103,900$128,300

Median gross rent

$716$703

Murrayville

Population

512671

Median household income

$59,583$49,615

Median home value

$82,500$106,000

Median gross rent

$589$788

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Jacksonville	Murrayville
Under 5	4.9%	4.8%
5 to 17	11.8%	19.5%
18 to 24	13.6%	5.4%
25 to 34	15.0%	11.3%
35 to 44	13.1%	13.1%
45 to 54	10.2%	10.6%
55 to 64	12.7%	11.9%
65 to 74	9.9%	13.6%
75 and over	8.7%	9.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jacksonville	Murrayville
White (non-Hispanic)	81.7%	90.5%
Black or African American	8.7%	4.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.6%
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%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	0.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jacksonville	Murrayville
No high school diploma	11.9%	17.8%
High school graduate	38.5%	47.0%
Some college or associate's	25.9%	26.5%
Bachelor's degree	17.6%	3.6%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jacksonville	Murrayville
Drove alone	79.6%	80.3%
Carpooled	6.4%	6.1%
Public transit	1.8%	1.1%
Walked	2.0%	2.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.0%	9.7%
Other means	0.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jacksonville	Murrayville
1-unit, detached	69.1%	90.0%
1-unit, attached	3.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.0%	3.8%
5 to 19 units	5.2%	3.1%
20 or more units	5.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.0%	3.1%

Poverty & households

	Jacksonville	Murrayville
Poverty rate	16.5%	19.2%
Average household size	2.25	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	16	28
Median year structure built	1962	1962