Jacksonville vs South Jacksonville

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

Jacksonville and South Jacksonville 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 3,255 in South Jacksonville). Jacksonville has the higher median household income ($62,615 vs $53,438 in South Jacksonville). South Jacksonville has the higher median home value ($137,100 vs $128,300 in Jacksonville).

Population, income & housing

	Jacksonville	South Jacksonville
Population	17,490	3,255
Median age	37.6 yrs	48.3 yrs
Median household income	$62,615	$53,438
Median home value	$128,300	$137,100
Median gross rent	$703	$631
Housing units	7,828	1,779
Homeownership rate	62.0%	67.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.6%	24.3%
Unemployment rate	6.7%	9.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jacksonville	South Jacksonville
Population	18,859 → 17,490 (-7.3%)	3,171 → 3,255 (+2.6%)
Median household income	$43,976 → $62,615 (+42.4%)	$53,781 → $53,438 (-0.6%)
Median home value	$103,900 → $128,300 (+23.5%)	$111,400 → $137,100 (+23.1%)
Median gross rent	$716 → $703 (-1.8%)	$725 → $631 (-13.0%)

Jacksonville

Population

18,85917,490

Median household income

$43,976$62,615

Median home value

$103,900$128,300

Median gross rent

$716$703

South Jacksonville

Population

3,1713,255

Median household income

$53,781$53,438

Median home value

$111,400$137,100

Median gross rent

$725$631

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Jacksonville	South Jacksonville
Under 5	4.9%	3.3%
5 to 17	11.8%	17.4%
18 to 24	13.6%	5.3%
25 to 34	15.0%	11.3%
35 to 44	13.1%	10.2%
45 to 54	10.2%	9.6%
55 to 64	12.7%	14.1%
65 to 74	9.9%	12.8%
75 and over	8.7%	16.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jacksonville	South Jacksonville
White (non-Hispanic)	81.7%	90.7%
Black or African American	8.7%	3.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	1.2%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.8%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	3.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jacksonville	South Jacksonville
No high school diploma	11.9%	7.7%
High school graduate	38.5%	37.1%
Some college or associate's	25.9%	30.8%
Bachelor's degree	17.6%	15.9%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	8.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jacksonville	South Jacksonville
Drove alone	79.6%	81.1%
Carpooled	6.4%	11.6%
Public transit	1.8%	0.8%
Walked	2.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.0%	6.2%
Other means	0.2%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jacksonville	South Jacksonville
1-unit, detached	69.1%	75.7%
1-unit, attached	3.1%	4.8%
2 to 4 units	11.0%	15.2%
5 to 19 units	5.2%	3.6%
20 or more units	5.5%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	6.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Jacksonville	South Jacksonville
Poverty rate	16.5%	8.9%
Average household size	2.25	1.94
Mean commute (minutes)	16	17
Median year structure built	1962	1969