Fayette County vs Jo Daviess County

A side-by-side comparison of Fayette County and Jo Daviess County: population, income, housing, and more.

Fayette County and Jo Daviess County are counties in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Jo Daviess County has the higher population (21,918 vs 21,380 in Fayette County). Jo Daviess County has the higher median household income ($74,954 vs $57,113 in Fayette County). Jo Daviess County has the higher median home value ($193,900 vs $114,700 in Fayette County).

Population, income & housing

	Fayette County	Jo Daviess County
Population	21,380	21,918
Median age	41.7 yrs	50.9 yrs
Median household income	$57,113	$74,954
Median home value	$114,700	$193,900
Median gross rent	$740	$795
Housing units	8,849	13,425
Homeownership rate	80.2%	81.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.6%	28.8%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fayette County	Jo Daviess County
Population	21,565 → 21,380 (-0.9%)	21,588 → 21,918 (+1.5%)
Median household income	$46,650 → $57,113 (+22.4%)	$57,946 → $74,954 (+29.4%)
Median home value	$88,300 → $114,700 (+29.9%)	$149,100 → $193,900 (+30.0%)
Median gross rent	$612 → $740 (+20.9%)	$669 → $795 (+18.8%)

Fayette County

Population

21,56521,380

Median household income

$46,650$57,113

Median home value

$88,300$114,700

Median gross rent

$612$740

Jo Daviess County

Population

21,58821,918

Median household income

$57,946$74,954

Median home value

$149,100$193,900

Median gross rent

$669$795

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fayette County	Jo Daviess County
Under 5	5.7%	4.1%
5 to 17	14.8%	14.5%
18 to 24	8.8%	5.9%
25 to 34	12.9%	9.0%
35 to 44	12.1%	10.3%
45 to 54	13.0%	11.2%
55 to 64	13.5%	15.9%
65 to 74	10.9%	16.8%
75 and over	8.4%	12.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fayette County	Jo Daviess County
White (non-Hispanic)	88.6%	92.2%
Black or African American	3.8%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.2%
Asian	0.1%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.9%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	4.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fayette County	Jo Daviess County
No high school diploma	12.7%	6.6%
High school graduate	40.5%	31.6%
Some college or associate's	30.2%	33.1%
Bachelor's degree	11.6%	19.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.0%	9.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fayette County	Jo Daviess County
Drove alone	81.3%	76.4%
Carpooled	9.0%	6.4%
Public transit	0.3%	0.5%
Walked	1.8%	4.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.7%	12.0%
Other means	0.9%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fayette County	Jo Daviess County
1-unit, detached	78.1%	83.1%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	3.7%
2 to 4 units	4.5%	6.6%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	3.0%
20 or more units	1.2%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	14.3%	2.5%

Poverty & households

	Fayette County	Jo Daviess County
Poverty rate	16.5%	8.0%
Average household size	2.59	2.09
Mean commute (minutes)	24	21
Median year structure built	1970	1976