Pinckneyville vs St. Johns

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

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

Pinckneyville has the higher population (5,055 vs 134 in St. Johns). Pinckneyville has the higher median household income ($55,000 vs $39,286 in St. Johns). Pinckneyville has the higher median home value ($117,100 vs $80,000 in St. Johns).

Population, income & housing

	Pinckneyville	St. Johns
Population	5,055	134
Median age	40.1 yrs	53.6 yrs
Median household income	$55,000	$39,286
Median home value	$117,100	$80,000
Median gross rent	$440	$760
Housing units	1,800	89
Homeownership rate	80.7%	76.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.0%	13.6%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pinckneyville	St. Johns
Population	5,436 → 5,055 (-7.0%)	224 → 134 (-40.2%)
Median household income	$33,485 → $55,000 (+64.3%)	$34,722 → $39,286 (+13.1%)
Median home value	$80,300 → $117,100 (+45.8%)	$66,000 → $80,000 (+21.2%)
Median gross rent	$507 → $440 (-13.2%)	$930 → $760 (-18.3%)

Pinckneyville

Population

5,4365,055

Median household income

$33,485$55,000

Median home value

$80,300$117,100

Median gross rent

$507$440

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)

	Pinckneyville	St. Johns
Under 5	2.2%	3.7%
5 to 17	10.2%	9.0%
18 to 24	4.2%	10.4%
25 to 34	25.6%	6.0%
35 to 44	16.3%	11.2%
45 to 54	14.7%	11.9%
55 to 64	10.9%	23.9%
65 to 74	9.6%	12.7%
75 and over	6.2%	11.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pinckneyville	St. Johns
White (non-Hispanic)	67.8%	90.3%
Black or African American	22.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.7%
Asian	2.0%	3.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.7%	5.2%
Hispanic or Latino	7.1%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pinckneyville	St. Johns
No high school diploma	28.1%	10.7%
High school graduate	31.1%	41.7%
Some college or associate's	28.8%	34.0%
Bachelor's degree	7.6%	7.8%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	5.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pinckneyville	St. Johns
Drove alone	93.1%	83.3%
Carpooled	3.8%	1.5%
Public transit	0.0%	6.1%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	3.0%
Worked from home	3.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	6.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pinckneyville	St. Johns
1-unit, detached	74.1%	62.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.2%	1.1%
5 to 19 units	6.1%	6.7%
20 or more units	5.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.7%	29.2%

Poverty & households

	Pinckneyville	St. Johns
Poverty rate	13.0%	11.2%
Average household size	1.90	1.97
Mean commute (minutes)	18	23
Median year structure built	1956	1976