Jacksonville is a city of 18,014 people in Illinois. The typical home is worth $128,200, having risen by half since 2000. Four-year degrees are less common here than nationally, at 23% of adults. The foreign-born share is 1%. The average commute runs 16 minutes. Median rent is $711 a month.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $65,432, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Mid-age
median age 37.6
US median: 38.9
Less educated
23% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Stable housing
home values roughly flat, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Jacksonville
What changed most since 1990
Adults with a bachelor's degree18.8% → 22.6%(+3.9 pts)US over the same years: +15.3 pts
White share93.0% → 81.5%(−11.5 pts)US over the same years: −17.8 pts
Jacksonville's population equals 55% of Morgan County's. Its number of households without a car equals 81% of the county's. Its number of residents living in poverty equals 75% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)25.3%(241)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)9.8%(93)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era35.8%(340)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War12.2%(116)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0%(0)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 951 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Jacksonville, decade by decade
Jacksonville population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
19,324
$60,875
$118,083
18.8%
16.6
2000
18,940
$60,328
$130,431
23.2%
24.0
2010
19,446
$56,716
$133,356
23.9%
36.0
2020
17,616
$56,360
$128,961
18.1%
42.8
2024
18,014
$65,432
$128,200
22.6%
40.7
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
