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South Jacksonville, IL

3,239 Population
2.3 square miles 1,431.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

48.7 ±5.1 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Jacksonville, IL Micro Area: 41.9 ±0.6
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Illinois: 39 ±0.1
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$34,954 ±$3,883 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Jacksonville, IL Micro Area: $36,050 ±$1,604
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Illinois: $46,406 ±$212
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$49,587 ±$9,535 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Jacksonville, IL Micro Area: $66,353 ±$2,877
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Illinois: $83,390 ±$362
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

9% ±3.9% (291  ±125) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Jacksonville, IL Micro Area: 13.2% † 4,701 (±1.7% / ±606)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Illinois: 11.8% 1,464,937 (±0.2% / ±18,161)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

14.3 minutes ±2.3 (17,045  ±3,948) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Jacksonville, IL Micro Area: 19.4 293,480 (±1.2 / ±22,421)
  • about half the figure in Illinois: 27.8 143,793,920 (±0.1 / ±595,293)
  • about half the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,691 ±167 Number of households
  • the Jacksonville, IL Micro Area: 15,122 ±328
  • Illinois: 5,036,449 ±8,009
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
1.9 ±0.2 (3,239  ±18) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Jacksonville, IL Micro Area: 2.4 35,531 (±0.1 / ±85)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,405,980
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

1,788 ±162 Number of housing units
  • the Jacksonville, IL Micro Area: 17,400 ±53
  • Illinois: 5,457,452 ±471
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$135,800 ±$18,026 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Jacksonville, IL Micro Area: $125,500 ±$6,058
  • about half the amount in Illinois: $263,300 ±$797
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

5.5% ±3% (178  ±97.3) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Jacksonville, IL Micro Area: 8.9% † 3,359 (±1.3% / ±506.6)
  • about half the rate in Illinois: 11.1% 1,396,426 (±0.1% / ±14,640.6)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

93.1% ±10.9% (2,254  ±319.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Jacksonville, IL Micro Area: 89.9% 23,757 (±3.5% / ±938.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in Illinois: 90.5% 7,931,250 (±0.3% / ±22,974.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
24.3% ±5.9% (589  ±149.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Jacksonville, IL Micro Area: 22.5% 5,936 (±1.7% / ±441.5)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Illinois: 37.9% 3,318,149 (±0.2% / ±14,295.2)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

2% ±2.4% (65  ±79) Foreign-born population
  • about double the rate in the Jacksonville, IL Micro Area: 1% 391
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Illinois: 14.8% 1,872,449
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

9.7% ±4% (260  ±107) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Jacksonville, IL Micro Area: 7.7% † 2,363 (±0.8% / ±241)
  • about double the rate in Illinois: 4.8% 478,196 (±0.1% / ±4,766)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
260 Total veterans ±107 260 Male ±107 N/A Female ±13

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