South Jacksonville vs Woodson

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

South Jacksonville and Woodson 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 592 in Woodson). Woodson has the higher median household income ($85,469 vs $53,438 in South Jacksonville). South Jacksonville has the higher median home value ($137,100 vs $125,800 in Woodson).

Population, income & housing

	South Jacksonville	Woodson
Population	3,255	592
Median age	48.3 yrs	45.2 yrs
Median household income	$53,438	$85,469
Median home value	$137,100	$125,800
Median gross rent	$631	$908
Housing units	1,779	256
Homeownership rate	67.7%	94.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.3%	26.0%
Unemployment rate	9.9%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	South Jacksonville	Woodson
Population	3,171 → 3,255 (+2.6%)	433 → 592 (+36.7%)
Median household income	$53,781 → $53,438 (-0.6%)	$58,333 → $85,469 (+46.5%)
Median home value	$111,400 → $137,100 (+23.1%)	$111,700 → $125,800 (+12.6%)
Median gross rent	$725 → $631 (-13.0%)	$588 → $908 (+54.4%)

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

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)

	South Jacksonville	Woodson
Under 5	3.3%	9.0%
5 to 17	17.4%	11.5%
18 to 24	5.3%	8.8%
25 to 34	11.3%	11.3%
35 to 44	10.2%	9.3%
45 to 54	9.6%	25.7%
55 to 64	14.1%	9.6%
65 to 74	12.8%	9.8%
75 and over	16.1%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	South Jacksonville	Woodson
White (non-Hispanic)	90.7%	95.4%
Black or African American	3.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.8%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	3.5%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	South Jacksonville	Woodson
No high school diploma	7.7%	2.1%
High school graduate	37.1%	43.0%
Some college or associate's	30.8%	28.9%
Bachelor's degree	15.9%	16.0%
Graduate or professional degree	8.4%	10.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	South Jacksonville	Woodson
Drove alone	81.1%	95.9%
Carpooled	11.6%	2.4%
Public transit	0.8%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.2%	1.7%
Other means	0.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	South Jacksonville	Woodson
1-unit, detached	75.7%	82.4%
1-unit, attached	4.8%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	15.2%	0.4%
5 to 19 units	3.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	16.0%

Poverty & households

	South Jacksonville	Woodson
Poverty rate	8.9%	2.4%
Average household size	1.94	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	17	20
Median year structure built	1969	1977