Southern View vs Williamsville

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

Southern View and Williamsville 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 1,519 in Williamsville). Williamsville has the higher median household income ($104,135 vs $53,774 in Southern View). Williamsville has the higher median home value ($187,000 vs $104,700 in Southern View).

Population, income & housing

	Southern View	Williamsville
Population	1,838	1,519
Median age	41.3 yrs	44.1 yrs
Median household income	$53,774	$104,135
Median home value	$104,700	$187,000
Median gross rent	$1,261	$1,055
Housing units	881	656
Homeownership rate	67.8%	86.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.3%	39.5%
Unemployment rate	8.2%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Southern View	Williamsville
Population	1,671 → 1,838 (+10.0%)	1,522 → 1,519 (-0.2%)
Median household income	$47,169 → $53,774 (+14.0%)	$84,922 → $104,135 (+22.6%)
Median home value	$88,200 → $104,700 (+18.7%)	$164,600 → $187,000 (+13.6%)
Median gross rent	$957 → $1,261 (+31.8%)	$773 → $1,055 (+36.5%)

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

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)

	Southern View	Williamsville
Under 5	1.4%	4.4%
5 to 17	14.5%	17.3%
18 to 24	5.9%	4.1%
25 to 34	18.4%	12.0%
35 to 44	12.6%	13.0%
45 to 54	10.3%	14.7%
55 to 64	16.5%	16.9%
65 to 74	11.6%	10.6%
75 and over	8.7%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Southern View	Williamsville
White (non-Hispanic)	82.3%	91.5%
Black or African American	8.7%	1.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.4%
Some other race	0.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.5%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	4.7%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Southern View	Williamsville
No high school diploma	11.2%	8.3%
High school graduate	28.8%	28.8%
Some college or associate's	38.7%	23.3%
Bachelor's degree	14.1%	25.6%
Graduate or professional degree	7.2%	13.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Southern View	Williamsville
Drove alone	77.8%	80.3%
Carpooled	9.6%	3.0%
Public transit	1.4%	0.0%
Walked	4.1%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.0%	15.0%
Other means	0.0%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Southern View	Williamsville
1-unit, detached	92.2%	90.7%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	2.5%	4.4%
5 to 19 units	1.7%	3.8%
20 or more units	1.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.7%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Southern View	Williamsville
Poverty rate	15.0%	7.5%
Average household size	2.13	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	15	21
Median year structure built	1954	1973