Meredosia vs South Jacksonville

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

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

South Jacksonville has the higher population (3,255 vs 937 in Meredosia). Meredosia has the higher median household income ($57,500 vs $53,438 in South Jacksonville). South Jacksonville has the higher median home value ($137,100 vs $63,000 in Meredosia).

Population, income & housing

	Meredosia	South Jacksonville
Population	937	3,255
Median age	43.1 yrs	48.3 yrs
Median household income	$57,500	$53,438
Median home value	$63,000	$137,100
Median gross rent	$691	$631
Housing units	490	1,779
Homeownership rate	71.5%	67.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.2%	24.3%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	9.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Meredosia	South Jacksonville
Population	891 → 937 (+5.2%)	3,171 → 3,255 (+2.6%)
Median household income	$54,063 → $57,500 (+6.4%)	$53,781 → $53,438 (-0.6%)
Median home value	$69,400 → $63,000 (-9.2%)	$111,400 → $137,100 (+23.1%)
Median gross rent	$578 → $691 (+19.6%)	$725 → $631 (-13.0%)

Meredosia

Population

891937

Median household income

$54,063$57,500

Median home value

$69,400$63,000

Median gross rent

$578$691

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)

	Meredosia	South Jacksonville
Under 5	4.8%	3.3%
5 to 17	18.8%	17.4%
18 to 24	5.8%	5.3%
25 to 34	9.3%	11.3%
35 to 44	13.6%	10.2%
45 to 54	10.5%	9.6%
55 to 64	15.5%	14.1%
65 to 74	13.9%	12.8%
75 and over	8.0%	16.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Meredosia	South Jacksonville
White (non-Hispanic)	94.5%	90.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.2%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	3.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Meredosia	South Jacksonville
No high school diploma	7.9%	7.7%
High school graduate	60.1%	37.1%
Some college or associate's	23.9%	30.8%
Bachelor's degree	6.8%	15.9%
Graduate or professional degree	1.4%	8.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Meredosia	South Jacksonville
Drove alone	81.7%	81.1%
Carpooled	9.3%	11.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.8%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.5%	6.2%
Other means	1.5%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Meredosia	South Jacksonville
1-unit, detached	83.5%	75.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.8%
2 to 4 units	2.7%	15.2%
5 to 19 units	1.8%	3.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	12.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Meredosia	South Jacksonville
Poverty rate	10.0%	8.9%
Average household size	2.55	1.94
Mean commute (minutes)	24	17
Median year structure built	1966	1969