Jerome vs Williamsville

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

Jerome and Williamsville 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 1,519 in Williamsville). Williamsville has the higher median household income ($104,135 vs $55,777 in Jerome). Williamsville has the higher median home value ($187,000 vs $116,700 in Jerome).

Population, income & housing

	Jerome	Williamsville
Population	1,910	1,519
Median age	34.6 yrs	44.1 yrs
Median household income	$55,777	$104,135
Median home value	$116,700	$187,000
Median gross rent	$954	$1,055
Housing units	1,026	656
Homeownership rate	69.3%	86.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.1%	39.5%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jerome	Williamsville
Population	2,073 → 1,910 (-7.9%)	1,522 → 1,519 (-0.2%)
Median household income	$52,750 → $55,777 (+5.7%)	$84,922 → $104,135 (+22.6%)
Median home value	$105,900 → $116,700 (+10.2%)	$164,600 → $187,000 (+13.6%)
Median gross rent	$915 → $954 (+4.3%)	$773 → $1,055 (+36.5%)

Jerome

Population

2,0731,910

Median household income

$52,750$55,777

Median home value

$105,900$116,700

Median gross rent

$915$954

Williamsville

Population

1,5221,519

Median household income

$84,922$104,135

Median home value

$164,600$187,000

Median gross rent

$773$1,055

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Jerome	Williamsville
Under 5	5.7%	4.4%
5 to 17	15.4%	17.3%
18 to 24	9.5%	4.1%
25 to 34	20.7%	12.0%
35 to 44	10.9%	13.0%
45 to 54	10.7%	14.7%
55 to 64	11.9%	16.9%
65 to 74	8.7%	10.6%
75 and over	6.4%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jerome	Williamsville
White (non-Hispanic)	86.6%	91.5%
Black or African American	3.8%	1.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.8%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.4%
Some other race	1.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	3.7%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jerome	Williamsville
No high school diploma	1.5%	8.3%
High school graduate	25.6%	28.8%
Some college or associate's	40.8%	23.3%
Bachelor's degree	23.7%	25.6%
Graduate or professional degree	8.4%	13.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jerome	Williamsville
Drove alone	82.5%	80.3%
Carpooled	3.4%	3.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.5%
Bicycle	6.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.1%	15.0%
Other means	0.0%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jerome	Williamsville
1-unit, detached	91.7%	90.7%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	4.5%	4.4%
5 to 19 units	1.9%	3.8%
20 or more units	0.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Jerome	Williamsville
Poverty rate	4.9%	7.5%
Average household size	1.97	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	17	21
Median year structure built	1959	1973