City · Jersey County, Illinois

Jerseyville, Illinois

Jerseyville is a city in Jersey County, Illinois, part of the St. Louis, MO-IL metro area. It has 7,445 residents. Jerseyville, Illinois has a quality-of-life score of 51 out of 100 (moderate), ranking #7,747 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Illinois it ranks #317 of 697 cities and towns. It ranks best on unemployment rate (low), homicide rate (low) and restaurants and bars (high). It ranks worst on gyms and fitness centers (low), new business applications (low) and average weekly wage (low).

51Moderate

Quality-of-life score: #7,747 of 15,651 cities and towns
Illinois: #317 of 697 in IL
Population: 7,445 (2020-2024)
Land area: 5 mi²
Density: 1,421.6 /mi²
FIPS code: 1738414

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 76 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety73#4,218/15,637
Economy49#7,937/15,631
Housing75#3,788/14,977
Health36#9,924/15,609
Healthcare48#8,198/15,650
Environment27#11,249/15,453
Education55#7,075/15,649
Infrastructure45#8,641/15,650
Community57#6,670/15,651
Leisure & amenities36#9,987/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Jerseyville, Illinois ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Jersey County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Unemployment rate · low0.4%
95/100Illinois 4.6%United States 4.3%2020-2024U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Census table B23025High uncertainty
Homicide rate · low0.0 /100k
94/100Illinois 6.2 /100kUnited States 4.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataJersey County value
Restaurants and bars · high13.7 /10k
93/100Illinois 10.3 /10kUnited States 9.0 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsJersey County value
Home price to income ratio · low2.0×
93/100Illinois 3.2×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Math scores · high3.40
90/100Illinois 2.90United States 3.032019University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteJersey County value
Drinking water violations · low0
86/100Illinois 0United States 02024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteJersey County value

Weaknesses

Gyms and fitness centers · low0.0 /10k
4/100Illinois 1.1 /10kUnited States 1.3 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsJersey County value
New business applications · low7.8 /1k
6/100Illinois 14.9 /1kUnited States 16.6 /1k2025U.S. Census BureauJersey County value
Average weekly wage · low$912
7/100Illinois $1,539United States $1,5142025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsJersey County value
Effective property tax rate · high1.92%
9/100Illinois 1.88%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090
Mental health care shortage · high18.0
11/100Illinois 12.2United States 9.9Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationJersey County value
Grocery stores · low0.9 /10k
12/100Illinois 1.9 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsJersey County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationFalling
8,161 (2015-2019) → 7,445 (2020-2024)
−8.8%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
New homes permittedWorsening
7.3 /1k (2021) → 0.0 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
−100%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
51.7% (2015-2019) → 34.2% (2020-2024)
−17 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
76.0% (2015-2019) → 90.3% (2020-2024)
+14 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Median household incomeImproving
$48,918 (2015-2019) → $73,529 (2020-2024)
+50%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Rent as share of incomeImproving
30.4% (2015-2019) → 24.6% (2020-2024)
−5.8 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Jerseyville, Illinois improved on 3 of 13 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 10 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved3

Rent burden−17 points51.7% → 34.2%
Household income+50%$48,918 → $73,529
Broadband+14 points76.0% → 90.3%

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 13 measures

Change of every measure of Jerseyville, Illinois between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	26.1 min2015-2019	25.0 min2020-2024	−1.1 min	Within the margin of error	61%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.5%2015-2019	19.0%2020-2024	−3.4 points	Within the margin of error	11%
Broadband subscriptions	76.0%2015-2019	90.3%2020-2024	+14 points	Improved	78%
Child poverty rate	14.9%2015-2019	17.4%2020-2024	+2.6 points	Within the margin of error	28%
Effective property tax rate	2.02%2015-2019	1.92%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	36%
High school diploma or higher	90.6%2015-2019	89.2%2020-2024	−1.4 points	Within the margin of error	19%
Home price to income ratio	2.3×2015-2019	2.0×2020-2024	−0.4×	Within the margin of error	91%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4192015-2019	0.4152020-2024	−0.004	Within the margin of error	54%
Median household income	$48,9182015-2019	$73,5292020-2024	+50%	Improved	85%
Poverty rate	11.3%2015-2019	12.3%2020-2024	+1 points	Within the margin of error	34%
Rent as share of income	30.4%2015-2019	24.6%2020-2024	−5.8 points	Within the margin of error	85%
Rent-burdened households	51.7%2015-2019	34.2%2020-2024	−17 points	Improved	92%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	4.1%2015-2019	4.7%2020-2024	+0.6 points	Within the margin of error	39%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Jerseyville, Illinois five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Jerseyville, Illinois in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Jerseyville, Illinois itself moved +11.1 points in standing on average over the same 10 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

7,445 residents (±711)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

2,952 households (±328)

Jerseyville, Illinois
Illinois share

Under $25k15%†443
$25k–50k18%†522
$50k–75k18%

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

2,952 households (±328)

Jerseyville, Illinois
Illinois share

Own70%2,066
Rent30%886

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

Table view

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

3,426 workers (±450)

Jerseyville, Illinois
Illinois share

Drive alone80%2,737
Carpool6.1%†208
Public transit0.8%†29

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the St. Louis, MO-IL

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Jersey County, the county holding most of Jerseyville's residents.

Jersey County has 404 employer establishments, 191 for every 10,000 residents (0.77× the US rate of 248; 0.75× Illinois's), with 4,403 paid employees at an average annual pay of $42,247. The Census Bureau also counts 1,382 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 404; 1,382 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 191; US 248 · Illinois 255
Paid employees: 4,403
Average annual pay: $42,247; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Jersey County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Restaurants and other eating places	37	17.5	0.95×About typical	464	$24,246	4
Ambulatory health care services	24	11.3	0.54×Fewer than typical	115	$56,635	39
Specialty trade contractors	24	11.3	0.73×Fewer than typical	207	$70,589	116
Truck transportation	24	11.3	2.24×More than typical	56	$52,107	45
Construction of buildings	17	8	1.06×About typical	93	$44,419	60
Full-service restaurants	17	8	1.05×About typical	205	$34,093	—
Religious organizations	17	8	1.45×More than typical	122	$23,566	—
Limited-service restaurants	15	7.1	0.88×About typical	224	$16,469	4
Automotive repair and maintenance	12	5.7	1.13×About typical	49	$39,959	28
Building equipment contractors	11	5.2	0.86×About typical	111	$76,009	24
Amusement, gambling and recreation industries	10	4.7	1.78×More than typical	67	$33,358	15
Drinking places (alcoholic beverages)	10	4.7	3.90×More than typical	77	$19,532	3

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County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 21,168 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated $0 of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Jerseyville, Illinois: $0 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $0
Per resident: $0; US $1,994
Sole-source: —; US 30%
Single offer: —; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

989FY2017
561FY2018
550.6FY2019
2.5KFY2020
726FY2021
493FY2022
0FY2023

What was bought

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Jerseyville, Illinois, so they do not add up across cities.

Jerseyville, Illinois's figures are part of those of Jersey County, IL ($501.7K in FY2026), never added to them: 0.0% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Jerseyville is mostly in Jersey County.

See federal money in Jersey County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Jerseyville, Illinois is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Mary E. MillerR-IL-15 · 100% of residentsWith party 99%Missed 3.9%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Jersey County67100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

St. Louis, MO-IL72

Other cities and towns in Jersey County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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