Murrayville vs South Jacksonville

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

Murrayville 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 671 in Murrayville). South Jacksonville has the higher median household income ($53,438 vs $49,615 in Murrayville). South Jacksonville has the higher median home value ($137,100 vs $106,000 in Murrayville).

Population, income & housing

	Murrayville	South Jacksonville
Population	671	3,255
Median age	39.4 yrs	48.3 yrs
Median household income	$49,615	$53,438
Median home value	$106,000	$137,100
Median gross rent	$788	$631
Housing units	320	1,779
Homeownership rate	82.5%	67.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.7%	24.3%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	9.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Murrayville	South Jacksonville
Population	512 → 671 (+31.1%)	3,171 → 3,255 (+2.6%)
Median household income	$59,583 → $49,615 (-16.7%)	$53,781 → $53,438 (-0.6%)
Median home value	$82,500 → $106,000 (+28.5%)	$111,400 → $137,100 (+23.1%)
Median gross rent	$589 → $788 (+33.8%)	$725 → $631 (-13.0%)

Murrayville

Population

512671

Median household income

$59,583$49,615

Median home value

$82,500$106,000

Median gross rent

$589$788

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)

	Murrayville	South Jacksonville
Under 5	4.8%	3.3%
5 to 17	19.5%	17.4%
18 to 24	5.4%	5.3%
25 to 34	11.3%	11.3%
35 to 44	13.1%	10.2%
45 to 54	10.6%	9.6%
55 to 64	11.9%	14.1%
65 to 74	13.6%	12.8%
75 and over	9.8%	16.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Murrayville	South Jacksonville
White (non-Hispanic)	90.5%	90.7%
Black or African American	4.3%	3.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	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	4.3%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	3.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Murrayville	South Jacksonville
No high school diploma	17.8%	7.7%
High school graduate	47.0%	37.1%
Some college or associate's	26.5%	30.8%
Bachelor's degree	3.6%	15.9%
Graduate or professional degree	5.1%	8.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Murrayville	South Jacksonville
Drove alone	80.3%	81.1%
Carpooled	6.1%	11.6%
Public transit	1.1%	0.8%
Walked	2.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.7%	6.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Murrayville	South Jacksonville
1-unit, detached	90.0%	75.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.8%
2 to 4 units	3.8%	15.2%
5 to 19 units	3.1%	3.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	3.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Murrayville	South Jacksonville
Poverty rate	19.2%	8.9%
Average household size	2.50	1.94
Mean commute (minutes)	28	17
Median year structure built	1962	1969