Meredosia vs Woodson

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

Meredosia and Woodson 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 592 in Woodson). Woodson has the higher median household income ($85,469 vs $57,500 in Meredosia). Woodson has the higher median home value ($125,800 vs $63,000 in Meredosia).

Population, income & housing

	Meredosia	Woodson
Population	937	592
Median age	43.1 yrs	45.2 yrs
Median household income	$57,500	$85,469
Median home value	$63,000	$125,800
Median gross rent	$691	$908
Housing units	490	256
Homeownership rate	71.5%	94.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.2%	26.0%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Meredosia	Woodson
Population	891 → 937 (+5.2%)	433 → 592 (+36.7%)
Median household income	$54,063 → $57,500 (+6.4%)	$58,333 → $85,469 (+46.5%)
Median home value	$69,400 → $63,000 (-9.2%)	$111,700 → $125,800 (+12.6%)
Median gross rent	$578 → $691 (+19.6%)	$588 → $908 (+54.4%)

Meredosia

Population

891937

Median household income

$54,063$57,500

Median home value

$69,400$63,000

Median gross rent

$578$691

Woodson

Population

433592

Median household income

$58,333$85,469

Median home value

$111,700$125,800

Median gross rent

$588$908

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Meredosia	Woodson
Under 5	4.8%	9.0%
5 to 17	18.8%	11.5%
18 to 24	5.8%	8.8%
25 to 34	9.3%	11.3%
35 to 44	13.6%	9.3%
45 to 54	10.5%	25.7%
55 to 64	15.5%	9.6%
65 to 74	13.9%	9.8%
75 and over	8.0%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Meredosia	Woodson
White (non-Hispanic)	94.5%	95.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.2%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Meredosia	Woodson
No high school diploma	7.9%	2.1%
High school graduate	60.1%	43.0%
Some college or associate's	23.9%	28.9%
Bachelor's degree	6.8%	16.0%
Graduate or professional degree	1.4%	10.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Meredosia	Woodson
Drove alone	81.7%	95.9%
Carpooled	9.3%	2.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.5%	1.7%
Other means	1.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Meredosia	Woodson
1-unit, detached	83.5%	82.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	2.7%	0.4%
5 to 19 units	1.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	12.0%	16.0%

Poverty & households

	Meredosia	Woodson
Poverty rate	10.0%	2.4%
Average household size	2.55	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	24	20
Median year structure built	1966	1977