Jerome vs Southern View

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

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

Jerome has the higher population (1,910 vs 1,838 in Southern View). Jerome has the higher median household income ($55,777 vs $53,774 in Southern View). Jerome has the higher median home value ($116,700 vs $104,700 in Southern View).

Population, income & housing

	Jerome	Southern View
Population	1,910	1,838
Median age	34.6 yrs	41.3 yrs
Median household income	$55,777	$53,774
Median home value	$116,700	$104,700
Median gross rent	$954	$1,261
Housing units	1,026	881
Homeownership rate	69.3%	67.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.1%	21.3%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	8.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jerome	Southern View
Population	2,073 → 1,910 (-7.9%)	1,671 → 1,838 (+10.0%)
Median household income	$52,750 → $55,777 (+5.7%)	$47,169 → $53,774 (+14.0%)
Median home value	$105,900 → $116,700 (+10.2%)	$88,200 → $104,700 (+18.7%)
Median gross rent	$915 → $954 (+4.3%)	$957 → $1,261 (+31.8%)

Jerome

Population

2,0731,910

Median household income

$52,750$55,777

Median home value

$105,900$116,700

Median gross rent

$915$954

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)

	Jerome	Southern View
Under 5	5.7%	1.4%
5 to 17	15.4%	14.5%
18 to 24	9.5%	5.9%
25 to 34	20.7%	18.4%
35 to 44	10.9%	12.6%
45 to 54	10.7%	10.3%
55 to 64	11.9%	16.5%
65 to 74	8.7%	11.6%
75 and over	6.4%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jerome	Southern View
White (non-Hispanic)	86.6%	82.3%
Black or African American	3.8%	8.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	1.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.4%	0.8%
Two or more races	2.6%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	3.7%	4.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jerome	Southern View
No high school diploma	1.5%	11.2%
High school graduate	25.6%	28.8%
Some college or associate's	40.8%	38.7%
Bachelor's degree	23.7%	14.1%
Graduate or professional degree	8.4%	7.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jerome	Southern View
Drove alone	82.5%	77.8%
Carpooled	3.4%	9.6%
Public transit	0.0%	1.4%
Walked	0.0%	4.1%
Bicycle	6.1%	0.2%
Worked from home	8.1%	7.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jerome	Southern View
1-unit, detached	91.7%	92.2%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	4.5%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	1.9%	1.7%
20 or more units	0.5%	1.2%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	1.7%

Poverty & households

	Jerome	Southern View
Poverty rate	4.9%	15.0%
Average household size	1.97	2.13
Mean commute (minutes)	17	15
Median year structure built	1959	1954