Murrayville vs Woodson

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

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

Murrayville has the higher population (671 vs 592 in Woodson). Woodson has the higher median household income ($85,469 vs $49,615 in Murrayville). Woodson has the higher median home value ($125,800 vs $106,000 in Murrayville).

Population, income & housing

	Murrayville	Woodson
Population	671	592
Median age	39.4 yrs	45.2 yrs
Median household income	$49,615	$85,469
Median home value	$106,000	$125,800
Median gross rent	$788	$908
Housing units	320	256
Homeownership rate	82.5%	94.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.7%	26.0%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Murrayville	Woodson
Population	512 → 671 (+31.1%)	433 → 592 (+36.7%)
Median household income	$59,583 → $49,615 (-16.7%)	$58,333 → $85,469 (+46.5%)
Median home value	$82,500 → $106,000 (+28.5%)	$111,700 → $125,800 (+12.6%)
Median gross rent	$589 → $788 (+33.8%)	$588 → $908 (+54.4%)

Murrayville

Population

512671

Median household income

$59,583$49,615

Median home value

$82,500$106,000

Median gross rent

$589$788

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)

	Murrayville	Woodson
Under 5	4.8%	9.0%
5 to 17	19.5%	11.5%
18 to 24	5.4%	8.8%
25 to 34	11.3%	11.3%
35 to 44	13.1%	9.3%
45 to 54	10.6%	25.7%
55 to 64	11.9%	9.6%
65 to 74	13.6%	9.8%
75 and over	9.8%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Murrayville	Woodson
White (non-Hispanic)	90.5%	95.4%
Black or African American	4.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	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	4.3%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Murrayville	Woodson
No high school diploma	17.8%	2.1%
High school graduate	47.0%	43.0%
Some college or associate's	26.5%	28.9%
Bachelor's degree	3.6%	16.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.1%	10.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Murrayville	Woodson
Drove alone	80.3%	95.9%
Carpooled	6.1%	2.4%
Public transit	1.1%	0.0%
Walked	2.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.7%	1.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Murrayville	Woodson
1-unit, detached	90.0%	82.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	3.8%	0.4%
5 to 19 units	3.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.1%	16.0%

Poverty & households

	Murrayville	Woodson
Poverty rate	19.2%	2.4%
Average household size	2.50	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	28	20
Median year structure built	1962	1977