Du Quoin vs St. Johns

A side-by-side comparison of Du Quoin and St. Johns: population, income, housing, and more.

Du Quoin and St. Johns are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Du Quoin has the higher population (5,780 vs 134 in St. Johns). Du Quoin has the higher median household income ($47,632 vs $39,286 in St. Johns). St. Johns has the higher median home value ($80,000 vs $78,000 in Du Quoin).

Population, income & housing

	Du Quoin	St. Johns
Population	5,780	134
Median age	42.8 yrs	53.6 yrs
Median household income	$47,632	$39,286
Median home value	$78,000	$80,000
Median gross rent	$702	$760
Housing units	2,878	89
Homeownership rate	64.0%	76.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.4%	13.6%
Unemployment rate	10.6%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Du Quoin	St. Johns
Population	5,761 → 5,780 (+0.3%)	224 → 134 (-40.2%)
Median household income	$39,794 → $47,632 (+19.7%)	$34,722 → $39,286 (+13.1%)
Median home value	$66,400 → $78,000 (+17.5%)	$66,000 → $80,000 (+21.2%)
Median gross rent	$588 → $702 (+19.4%)	$930 → $760 (-18.3%)

Du Quoin

Population

5,7615,780

Median household income

$39,794$47,632

Median home value

$66,400$78,000

Median gross rent

$588$702

St. Johns

Population

224134

Median household income

$34,722$39,286

Median home value

$66,000$80,000

Median gross rent

$930$760

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Du Quoin	St. Johns
Under 5	4.6%	3.7%
5 to 17	17.8%	9.0%
18 to 24	7.3%	10.4%
25 to 34	11.5%	6.0%
35 to 44	13.3%	11.2%
45 to 54	14.5%	11.9%
55 to 64	10.2%	23.9%
65 to 74	10.6%	12.7%
75 and over	10.2%	11.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Du Quoin	St. Johns
White (non-Hispanic)	85.8%	90.3%
Black or African American	8.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.7%
Asian	0.5%	3.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	5.2%
Hispanic or Latino	2.4%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Du Quoin	St. Johns
No high school diploma	14.1%	10.7%
High school graduate	35.8%	41.7%
Some college or associate's	39.7%	34.0%
Bachelor's degree	6.7%	7.8%
Graduate or professional degree	3.6%	5.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Du Quoin	St. Johns
Drove alone	84.5%	83.3%
Carpooled	5.2%	1.5%
Public transit	1.9%	6.1%
Walked	3.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.8%	3.0%
Worked from home	2.6%	0.0%
Other means	1.7%	6.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Du Quoin	St. Johns
1-unit, detached	72.2%	62.9%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	14.5%	1.1%
5 to 19 units	1.4%	6.7%
20 or more units	7.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.1%	29.2%

Poverty & households

	Du Quoin	St. Johns
Poverty rate	28.2%	11.2%
Average household size	2.25	1.97
Mean commute (minutes)	22	23
Median year structure built	1963	1976