Divernon vs Southern View

A side-by-side comparison of Divernon and Southern View: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Southern View has the higher population (1,838 vs 1,262 in Divernon). Divernon has the higher median household income ($72,936 vs $53,774 in Southern View). Divernon has the higher median home value ($123,900 vs $104,700 in Southern View).

Population, income & housing

	Divernon	Southern View
Population	1,262	1,838
Median age	39.7 yrs	41.3 yrs
Median household income	$72,936	$53,774
Median home value	$123,900	$104,700
Median gross rent	$839	$1,261
Housing units	566	881
Homeownership rate	80.5%	67.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.5%	21.3%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	8.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Divernon	Southern View
Population	1,153 → 1,262 (+9.5%)	1,671 → 1,838 (+10.0%)
Median household income	$65,667 → $72,936 (+11.1%)	$47,169 → $53,774 (+14.0%)
Median home value	$97,100 → $123,900 (+27.6%)	$88,200 → $104,700 (+18.7%)
Median gross rent	$714 → $839 (+17.5%)	$957 → $1,261 (+31.8%)

Divernon

Population

1,1531,262

Median household income

$65,667$72,936

Median home value

$97,100$123,900

Median gross rent

$714$839

Southern View

Population

1,6711,838

Median household income

$47,169$53,774

Median home value

$88,200$104,700

Median gross rent

$957$1,261

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Divernon	Southern View
Under 5	7.4%	1.4%
5 to 17	14.8%	14.5%
18 to 24	9.2%	5.9%
25 to 34	14.0%	18.4%
35 to 44	10.8%	12.6%
45 to 54	10.2%	10.3%
55 to 64	12.5%	16.5%
65 to 74	13.2%	11.6%
75 and over	7.8%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Divernon	Southern View
White (non-Hispanic)	98.0%	82.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	8.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	1.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.8%
Two or more races	0.9%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	4.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Divernon	Southern View
No high school diploma	8.3%	11.2%
High school graduate	42.8%	28.8%
Some college or associate's	32.4%	38.7%
Bachelor's degree	9.8%	14.1%
Graduate or professional degree	6.7%	7.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Divernon	Southern View
Drove alone	71.8%	77.8%
Carpooled	12.6%	9.6%
Public transit	0.0%	1.4%
Walked	0.0%	4.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	15.6%	7.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Divernon	Southern View
1-unit, detached	87.8%	92.2%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	2.5%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	1.6%	1.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.2%
Mobile home & other	7.6%	1.7%

Poverty & households

	Divernon	Southern View
Poverty rate	12.0%	15.0%
Average household size	2.43	2.13
Mean commute (minutes)	29	15
Median year structure built	1966	1954