Meredosia vs Murrayville

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

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

Meredosia has the higher population (937 vs 671 in Murrayville). Meredosia has the higher median household income ($57,500 vs $49,615 in Murrayville). Murrayville has the higher median home value ($106,000 vs $63,000 in Meredosia).

Population, income & housing

	Meredosia	Murrayville
Population	937	671
Median age	43.1 yrs	39.4 yrs
Median household income	$57,500	$49,615
Median home value	$63,000	$106,000
Median gross rent	$691	$788
Housing units	490	320
Homeownership rate	71.5%	82.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.2%	8.7%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Meredosia	Murrayville
Population	891 → 937 (+5.2%)	512 → 671 (+31.1%)
Median household income	$54,063 → $57,500 (+6.4%)	$59,583 → $49,615 (-16.7%)
Median home value	$69,400 → $63,000 (-9.2%)	$82,500 → $106,000 (+28.5%)
Median gross rent	$578 → $691 (+19.6%)	$589 → $788 (+33.8%)

Meredosia

Population

891937

Median household income

$54,063$57,500

Median home value

$69,400$63,000

Median gross rent

$578$691

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)

	Meredosia	Murrayville
Under 5	4.8%	4.8%
5 to 17	18.8%	19.5%
18 to 24	5.8%	5.4%
25 to 34	9.3%	11.3%
35 to 44	13.6%	13.1%
45 to 54	10.5%	10.6%
55 to 64	15.5%	11.9%
65 to 74	13.9%	13.6%
75 and over	8.0%	9.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Meredosia	Murrayville
White (non-Hispanic)	94.5%	90.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	4.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.6%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.2%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	0.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Meredosia	Murrayville
No high school diploma	7.9%	17.8%
High school graduate	60.1%	47.0%
Some college or associate's	23.9%	26.5%
Bachelor's degree	6.8%	3.6%
Graduate or professional degree	1.4%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Meredosia	Murrayville
Drove alone	81.7%	80.3%
Carpooled	9.3%	6.1%
Public transit	0.0%	1.1%
Walked	0.0%	2.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.5%	9.7%
Other means	1.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Meredosia	Murrayville
1-unit, detached	83.5%	90.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.7%	3.8%
5 to 19 units	1.8%	3.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	12.0%	3.1%

Poverty & households

	Meredosia	Murrayville
Poverty rate	10.0%	19.2%
Average household size	2.55	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	24	28
Median year structure built	1966	1962