Jeffersonville vs Sims

A side-by-side comparison of Jeffersonville and Sims: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Jeffersonville has the higher population (264 vs 164 in Sims). Sims has the higher median household income ($47,708 vs $38,750 in Jeffersonville). Jeffersonville has the higher median home value ($59,000 vs $46,300 in Sims).

Population, income & housing

	Jeffersonville	Sims
Population	264	164
Median age	38.0 yrs	57.1 yrs
Median household income	$38,750	$47,708
Median home value	$59,000	$46,300
Median gross rent	$733	—
Housing units	141	111
Homeownership rate	69.3%	89.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.9%	10.2%
Unemployment rate	7.1%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jeffersonville	Sims
Population	379 → 264 (-30.3%)	148 → 164 (+10.8%)
Median household income	$39,107 → $38,750 (-0.9%)	$44,531 → $47,708 (+7.1%)
Median home value	$51,700 → $59,000 (+14.1%)	$50,000 → $46,300 (-7.4%)
Median gross rent	$763 → $733 (-3.9%)	—

Jeffersonville

Population

379264

Median household income

$39,107$38,750

Median home value

$51,700$59,000

Median gross rent

$763$733

Sims

Population

148164

Median household income

$44,531$47,708

Median home value

$50,000$46,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Jeffersonville	Sims
Under 5	7.2%	3.7%
5 to 17	12.5%	6.1%
18 to 24	10.2%	0.6%
25 to 34	19.3%	15.2%
35 to 44	11.4%	8.5%
45 to 54	3.8%	12.8%
55 to 64	18.6%	23.8%
65 to 74	13.6%	15.2%
75 and over	3.4%	14.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jeffersonville	Sims
White (non-Hispanic)	93.6%	87.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	10.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.4%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	4.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jeffersonville	Sims
No high school diploma	14.1%	21.1%
High school graduate	21.6%	36.1%
Some college or associate's	39.5%	32.7%
Bachelor's degree	21.1%	6.1%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	4.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jeffersonville	Sims
Drove alone	83.1%	81.7%
Carpooled	11.8%	2.8%
Public transit	0.7%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.4%	14.1%
Other means	0.0%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jeffersonville	Sims
1-unit, detached	67.4%	49.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	32.6%	50.5%

Poverty & households

	Jeffersonville	Sims
Poverty rate	25.9%	28.0%
Average household size	2.32	1.89
Mean commute (minutes)	19	27
Median year structure built	1972	1973