Evansville vs Red Bud

A side-by-side comparison of Evansville and Red Bud: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Red Bud has the higher population (3,789 vs 781 in Evansville). Red Bud has the higher median household income ($68,051 vs $63,125 in Evansville). Red Bud has the higher median home value ($170,300 vs $84,700 in Evansville).

Population, income & housing

	Evansville	Red Bud
Population	781	3,789
Median age	40.6 yrs	39.8 yrs
Median household income	$63,125	$68,051
Median home value	$84,700	$170,300
Median gross rent	$775	$810
Housing units	371	1,623
Homeownership rate	80.7%	76.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.0%	23.2%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	0.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Evansville	Red Bud
Population	654 → 781 (+19.4%)	3,539 → 3,789 (+7.1%)
Median household income	$47,778 → $63,125 (+32.1%)	$59,205 → $68,051 (+14.9%)
Median home value	$65,200 → $84,700 (+29.9%)	$139,900 → $170,300 (+21.7%)
Median gross rent	$508 → $775 (+52.6%)	$710 → $810 (+14.1%)

Evansville

Population

654781

Median household income

$47,778$63,125

Median home value

$65,200$84,700

Median gross rent

$508$775

Red Bud

Population

3,5393,789

Median household income

$59,205$68,051

Median home value

$139,900$170,300

Median gross rent

$710$810

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Evansville	Red Bud
Under 5	4.4%	6.4%
5 to 17	21.3%	17.9%
18 to 24	4.2%	7.0%
25 to 34	6.1%	12.7%
35 to 44	20.5%	13.8%
45 to 54	8.6%	6.3%
55 to 64	14.7%	14.9%
65 to 74	16.0%	10.6%
75 and over	4.2%	10.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Evansville	Red Bud
White (non-Hispanic)	97.8%	95.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.3%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Evansville	Red Bud
No high school diploma	13.1%	4.3%
High school graduate	37.4%	34.7%
Some college or associate's	37.4%	37.7%
Bachelor's degree	11.1%	11.4%
Graduate or professional degree	0.9%	11.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Evansville	Red Bud
Drove alone	84.8%	72.2%
Carpooled	7.3%	17.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.5%	3.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.8%	7.4%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Evansville	Red Bud
1-unit, detached	79.5%	71.0%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	4.0%	10.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.6%
Mobile home & other	14.3%	7.3%

Poverty & households

	Evansville	Red Bud
Poverty rate	20.0%	4.7%
Average household size	2.27	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	24	22
Median year structure built	1949	1981