Jeffersonville vs Wayne City

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

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

Wayne City has the higher population (1,050 vs 264 in Jeffersonville). Wayne City has the higher median household income ($58,208 vs $38,750 in Jeffersonville). Wayne City has the higher median home value ($108,600 vs $59,000 in Jeffersonville).

Population, income & housing

	Jeffersonville	Wayne City
Population	264	1,050
Median age	38.0 yrs	45.4 yrs
Median household income	$38,750	$58,208
Median home value	$59,000	$108,600
Median gross rent	$733	$746
Housing units	141	486
Homeownership rate	69.3%	83.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.9%	19.3%
Unemployment rate	7.1%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jeffersonville	Wayne City
Population	379 → 264 (-30.3%)	965 → 1,050 (+8.8%)
Median household income	$39,107 → $38,750 (-0.9%)	$51,389 → $58,208 (+13.3%)
Median home value	$51,700 → $59,000 (+14.1%)	$97,300 → $108,600 (+11.6%)
Median gross rent	$763 → $733 (-3.9%)	$673 → $746 (+10.8%)

Jeffersonville

Population

379264

Median household income

$39,107$38,750

Median home value

$51,700$59,000

Median gross rent

$763$733

Wayne City

Population

9651,050

Median household income

$51,389$58,208

Median home value

$97,300$108,600

Median gross rent

$673$746

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Jeffersonville	Wayne City
Under 5	7.2%	5.6%
5 to 17	12.5%	17.9%
18 to 24	10.2%	7.5%
25 to 34	19.3%	9.2%
35 to 44	11.4%	9.0%
45 to 54	3.8%	19.0%
55 to 64	18.6%	10.9%
65 to 74	13.6%	10.3%
75 and over	3.4%	10.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jeffersonville	Wayne City
White (non-Hispanic)	93.6%	99.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.4%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jeffersonville	Wayne City
No high school diploma	14.1%	6.4%
High school graduate	21.6%	36.0%
Some college or associate's	39.5%	38.3%
Bachelor's degree	21.1%	12.2%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	7.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jeffersonville	Wayne City
Drove alone	83.1%	88.3%
Carpooled	11.8%	7.1%
Public transit	0.7%	0.5%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.4%	4.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jeffersonville	Wayne City
1-unit, detached	67.4%	69.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.3%
Mobile home & other	32.6%	24.9%

Poverty & households

	Jeffersonville	Wayne City
Poverty rate	25.9%	11.3%
Average household size	2.32	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	19	26
Median year structure built	1972	1975