Red Bud vs Steeleville

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

Red Bud and Steeleville 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 1,732 in Steeleville). Red Bud has the higher median household income ($68,051 vs $60,982 in Steeleville). Red Bud has the higher median home value ($170,300 vs $155,100 in Steeleville).

Population, income & housing

	Red Bud	Steeleville
Population	3,789	1,732
Median age	39.8 yrs	47.5 yrs
Median household income	$68,051	$60,982
Median home value	$170,300	$155,100
Median gross rent	$810	$775
Housing units	1,623	890
Homeownership rate	76.1%	70.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.2%	14.3%
Unemployment rate	0.4%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Red Bud	Steeleville
Population	3,539 → 3,789 (+7.1%)	2,095 → 1,732 (-17.3%)
Median household income	$59,205 → $68,051 (+14.9%)	$54,213 → $60,982 (+12.5%)
Median home value	$139,900 → $170,300 (+21.7%)	$91,500 → $155,100 (+69.5%)
Median gross rent	$710 → $810 (+14.1%)	$693 → $775 (+11.8%)

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

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)

	Red Bud	Steeleville
Under 5	6.4%	1.7%
5 to 17	17.9%	16.8%
18 to 24	7.0%	9.6%
25 to 34	12.7%	4.1%
35 to 44	13.8%	13.8%
45 to 54	6.3%	15.5%
55 to 64	14.9%	11.4%
65 to 74	10.6%	13.0%
75 and over	10.5%	14.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Red Bud	Steeleville
White (non-Hispanic)	95.5%	92.6%
Black or African American	0.2%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Red Bud	Steeleville
No high school diploma	4.3%	10.4%
High school graduate	34.7%	31.0%
Some college or associate's	37.7%	44.3%
Bachelor's degree	11.4%	10.0%
Graduate or professional degree	11.8%	4.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Red Bud	Steeleville
Drove alone	72.2%	90.6%
Carpooled	17.2%	5.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.2%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.4%	1.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Red Bud	Steeleville
1-unit, detached	71.0%	76.4%
1-unit, attached	3.0%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	10.0%	9.4%
5 to 19 units	4.0%	0.7%
20 or more units	4.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.3%	12.8%

Poverty & households

	Red Bud	Steeleville
Poverty rate	4.7%	13.5%
Average household size	2.34	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	22	20
Median year structure built	1981	1971