St. Johns vs Willisville

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

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

Willisville has the higher population (416 vs 134 in St. Johns). Willisville has the higher median household income ($57,813 vs $39,286 in St. Johns). St. Johns has the higher median home value ($80,000 vs $54,400 in Willisville).

Population, income & housing

	St. Johns	Willisville
Population	134	416
Median age	53.6 yrs	41.5 yrs
Median household income	$39,286	$57,813
Median home value	$80,000	$54,400
Median gross rent	$760	$815
Housing units	89	202
Homeownership rate	76.5%	72.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.6%	1.4%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	11.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	St. Johns	Willisville
Population	224 → 134 (-40.2%)	657 → 416 (-36.7%)
Median household income	$34,722 → $39,286 (+13.1%)	$56,953 → $57,813 (+1.5%)
Median home value	$66,000 → $80,000 (+21.2%)	$60,500 → $54,400 (-10.1%)
Median gross rent	$930 → $760 (-18.3%)	$769 → $815 (+6.0%)

St. Johns

Population

224134

Median household income

$34,722$39,286

Median home value

$66,000$80,000

Median gross rent

$930$760

Willisville

Population

657416

Median household income

$56,953$57,813

Median home value

$60,500$54,400

Median gross rent

$769$815

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	St. Johns	Willisville
Under 5	3.7%	6.0%
5 to 17	9.0%	19.5%
18 to 24	10.4%	6.0%
25 to 34	6.0%	11.1%
35 to 44	11.2%	13.0%
45 to 54	11.9%	18.5%
55 to 64	23.9%	11.1%
65 to 74	12.7%	7.7%
75 and over	11.2%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	St. Johns	Willisville
White (non-Hispanic)	90.3%	89.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.0%
Asian	3.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.2%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	5.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	St. Johns	Willisville
No high school diploma	10.7%	13.7%
High school graduate	41.7%	44.6%
Some college or associate's	34.0%	40.4%
Bachelor's degree	7.8%	0.4%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	1.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	St. Johns	Willisville
Drove alone	83.3%	91.1%
Carpooled	1.5%	4.4%
Public transit	6.1%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	3.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	1.1%
Other means	6.1%	3.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	St. Johns	Willisville
1-unit, detached	62.9%	62.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	6.7%	5.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	29.2%	32.2%

Poverty & households

	St. Johns	Willisville
Poverty rate	11.2%	14.9%
Average household size	1.97	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	23	23
Median year structure built	1976	1970