Evansville vs Steeleville

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

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

Steeleville has the higher population (1,732 vs 781 in Evansville). Evansville has the higher median household income ($63,125 vs $60,982 in Steeleville). Steeleville has the higher median home value ($155,100 vs $84,700 in Evansville).

Population, income & housing

	Evansville	Steeleville
Population	781	1,732
Median age	40.6 yrs	47.5 yrs
Median household income	$63,125	$60,982
Median home value	$84,700	$155,100
Median gross rent	$775	$775
Housing units	371	890
Homeownership rate	80.7%	70.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.0%	14.3%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Evansville	Steeleville
Population	654 → 781 (+19.4%)	2,095 → 1,732 (-17.3%)
Median household income	$47,778 → $63,125 (+32.1%)	$54,213 → $60,982 (+12.5%)
Median home value	$65,200 → $84,700 (+29.9%)	$91,500 → $155,100 (+69.5%)
Median gross rent	$508 → $775 (+52.6%)	$693 → $775 (+11.8%)

Evansville

Population

654781

Median household income

$47,778$63,125

Median home value

$65,200$84,700

Median gross rent

$508$775

Steeleville

Population

2,0951,732

Median household income

$54,213$60,982

Median home value

$91,500$155,100

Median gross rent

$693$775

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Evansville	Steeleville
Under 5	4.4%	1.7%
5 to 17	21.3%	16.8%
18 to 24	4.2%	9.6%
25 to 34	6.1%	4.1%
35 to 44	20.5%	13.8%
45 to 54	8.6%	15.5%
55 to 64	14.7%	11.4%
65 to 74	16.0%	13.0%
75 and over	4.2%	14.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Evansville	Steeleville
White (non-Hispanic)	97.8%	92.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.3%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Evansville	Steeleville
No high school diploma	13.1%	10.4%
High school graduate	37.4%	31.0%
Some college or associate's	37.4%	44.3%
Bachelor's degree	11.1%	10.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.9%	4.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Evansville	Steeleville
Drove alone	84.8%	90.6%
Carpooled	7.3%	5.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.5%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.8%	1.8%
Other means	0.5%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Evansville	Steeleville
1-unit, detached	79.5%	76.4%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	4.0%	9.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	14.3%	12.8%

Poverty & households

	Evansville	Steeleville
Poverty rate	20.0%	13.5%
Average household size	2.27	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	24	20
Median year structure built	1949	1971