Jacksonville vs Waverly

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

Jacksonville and Waverly 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 1,456 in Waverly). Jacksonville has the higher median household income ($62,615 vs $55,882 in Waverly). Jacksonville has the higher median home value ($128,300 vs $97,600 in Waverly).

Population, income & housing

	Jacksonville	Waverly
Population	17,490	1,456
Median age	37.6 yrs	41.4 yrs
Median household income	$62,615	$55,882
Median home value	$128,300	$97,600
Median gross rent	$703	$753
Housing units	7,828	576
Homeownership rate	62.0%	81.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.6%	19.9%
Unemployment rate	6.7%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jacksonville	Waverly
Population	18,859 → 17,490 (-7.3%)	1,315 → 1,456 (+10.7%)
Median household income	$43,976 → $62,615 (+42.4%)	$49,167 → $55,882 (+13.7%)
Median home value	$103,900 → $128,300 (+23.5%)	$77,700 → $97,600 (+25.6%)
Median gross rent	$716 → $703 (-1.8%)	$671 → $753 (+12.2%)

Jacksonville

Population

18,85917,490

Median household income

$43,976$62,615

Median home value

$103,900$128,300

Median gross rent

$716$703

Waverly

Population

1,3151,456

Median household income

$49,167$55,882

Median home value

$77,700$97,600

Median gross rent

$671$753

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Jacksonville	Waverly
Under 5	4.9%	11.5%
5 to 17	11.8%	17.6%
18 to 24	13.6%	7.0%
25 to 34	15.0%	4.8%
35 to 44	13.1%	14.2%
45 to 54	10.2%	11.6%
55 to 64	12.7%	13.6%
65 to 74	9.9%	10.4%
75 and over	8.7%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jacksonville	Waverly
White (non-Hispanic)	81.7%	86.7%
Black or African American	8.7%	2.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.8%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	9.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jacksonville	Waverly
No high school diploma	11.9%	6.1%
High school graduate	38.5%	47.4%
Some college or associate's	25.9%	26.6%
Bachelor's degree	17.6%	9.7%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	10.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jacksonville	Waverly
Drove alone	79.6%	86.9%
Carpooled	6.4%	5.4%
Public transit	1.8%	0.0%
Walked	2.0%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.0%	6.3%
Other means	0.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jacksonville	Waverly
1-unit, detached	69.1%	92.0%
1-unit, attached	3.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.0%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	5.2%	1.9%
20 or more units	5.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.0%	4.2%

Poverty & households

	Jacksonville	Waverly
Poverty rate	16.5%	8.1%
Average household size	2.25	2.74
Mean commute (minutes)	16	23
Median year structure built	1962	1949