Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US metro and micro areas.

Safety64#332/924
Economy38#571/925
Housing94#58/925
Health57#394/925
Healthcare67#304/923
Environment14#790/917
Education34#611/925
Infrastructure46#499/925
Community44#523/925
Leisure & amenities54#424/925

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Jacksonville, IL micropolitan area ranks highest and lowest among US metro and micro areas (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Home price to income ratio · low1.9×
99/100Illinois 3.2×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Rent-burdened households · low32.3%
98/100Illinois 47.9%United States 51.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25070
Severe housing problems · low9.1%
96/100Illinois 15.6%United States 16.8%2017-2021University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Rent as share of income · low24.0%
94/100Illinois 29.1%United States 30.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25071
Uninsured residents (under 65) · low5.6%
89/100Illinois 8.1%United States 9.8%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B27010
Public libraries · high1.3 /10k
85/100Illinois 0.6 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesAggregated from counties

Weaknesses

Job growth · low-4.5%
2/100Illinois 0.0%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional data
New business applications · low7.1 /1k
3/100Illinois 14.9 /1kUnited States 16.6 /1k2025U.S. Census BureauAggregated from counties
Effective property tax rate · high1.65%
5/100Illinois 1.88%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090
Public EV charging ports · low1.1 /10k
9/100Illinois 4.8 /10kUnited States 7.6 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of EnergyAggregated from counties
New homes permitted · low0.6 /1k
11/100Illinois 1.5 /1kUnited States 4.2 /1kSep 2025–Aug 2026U.S. Census BureauProvisional data
High ozone days · high3 days
13/100Illinois 5 daysUnited States 7 days2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyAggregated from counties

Trends

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

Drought exposureWorsening
9% (2021) → 45% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
+35 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
Voter turnoutWorsening
74.6% (2020) → 57.1% (2024)
−18 pts4 yearsUS 68.5% → 65.2%
Access to exercise opportunitiesImproving
51.4% (2010 & 2021) → 64.5% (2022 & 2024)
+13 pts3 yearsUS 79.8% → 84.5%
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
45.3% (2015-2019) → 32.3% (2020-2024)
−13 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
New business applicationsImproving
4.5 /1k (2020) → 7.1 /1k (2025)
+60%5 yearsUS 13.1 /1k → 16.6 /1k
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
75.8% (2015-2019) → 85.0% (2020-2024)
+9.1 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%

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, Jacksonville, IL micropolitan area improved on 12 of 28 measures with a comparison and declined on 6. 7 moved within the margin of error and 3 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among metro and micro areas: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2015-2019 with 2020-2024); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved12

Rent burden−13 points45.3% → 32.3%
Child poverty−6.2 points21.8% → 15.5%
Suicides−7.4%18.6 /100k → 17.2 /100k
Real income+34%$45,843 → $61,579
New businesses+60%4.5 /1k → 7.1 /1k

Declined6

Inequality+0.0280.420 → 0.448
Grocery stores−17%1.3 /10k → 1.1 /10k
Overdose deaths+12%13.2 /100k → 14.8 /100k
Traffic deaths+26%13.8 /100k → 17.4 /100k
Restaurants−5.6%12.2 /10k → 11.5 /10k

All 28 measures

Change of every measure of Jacksonville, IL micropolitan area between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	3.6 /10k2020	4.0 /10k2025	+11%	Improved	55%
Average commute time	21.3 min2015-2019	19.4 min2020-2024	−2.0 min	Within the margin of error	96%
Average weekly wage	$8712020	$1,0262025	+18%	Improved	11%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.8%2015-2019	22.4%2020-2024	+3.6 points	Improved	70%
Broadband subscriptions	75.8%2015-2019	85.0%2020-2024	+9.1 points	Improved	53%
Child poverty rate	21.8%2015-2019	15.5%2020-2024	−6.2 points	Improved	85%
Distance to an airport	67 mi2020	67 mi2025	+0 mi	Little change	19%
Drug overdose deaths	13.2 /100k2020	14.8 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	+12%	Declined	21%
Effective property tax rate	1.75%2015-2019	1.65%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	39%
Grocery stores	1.3 /10k2020	1.1 /10k2025	−17%	Declined	12%
Gyms and fitness centers	0.8 /10k2020	0.8 /10k2025	+3.2%	Little change	50%
High school diploma or higher	91.2%2015-2019	89.8%2020-2024	−1.4 points	Within the margin of error	2%
Home price to income ratio	2.1×2015-2019	1.9×2020-2024	−0.2×	Within the margin of error	98%
Homicide rate	3.8 /100k2020	3.2 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−16%	Improved	38%
Income adjusted for local prices	$45,8432019	$61,5792024	+34%	Improved	67%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4202015-2019	0.4482020-2024	+0.028	Declined	8%
Median household income	$52,0402015-2019	$66,3532020-2024	+28%	Improved	53%
New business applications	4.5 /1k2020	7.1 /1k2025	+60%	Improved	70%
Pharmacies	1.8 /10k2020	1.6 /10k2025	−12%	Declined	42%
Poverty rate	14.0%2015-2019	13.2%2020-2024	−0.9 points	Within the margin of error	47%
Public libraries	1.3 /10k2019	1.3 /10k2024	+3%	Little change	80%
Rent as share of income	27.1%2015-2019	24.0%2020-2024	−3.1 points	Within the margin of error	93%
Rent-burdened households	45.3%2015-2019	32.3%2020-2024	−13 points	Improved	99%
Restaurants and bars	12.2 /10k2020	11.5 /10k2025	−5.6%	Declined	23%
Suicide rate	18.6 /100k2020	17.2 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−7.4%	Improved	74%
Traffic deaths	13.8 /100k2015-2019	17.4 /100k2020-2024	+26%	Declined	21%
Unemployment rate	7.0%2020	4.2%2025	−2.8 points	Improved	44%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	4.2%2015-2019	5.5%2020-2024	+1.3 points	Within the margin of error	16%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 786 metro and micro areas that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts; Local Area Unemployment Statistics; Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages; Mapping Injury, Overdose, and Violence; American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates; Business Formation Statistics; Public Libraries Survey; Fatality Analysis Reporting System; Distance to airports and intercity rail. 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 925 metro and micro areas 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.

Metro and micro areas like Jacksonville, IL micropolitan area five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Jacksonville, IL micropolitan area 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, Jacksonville, IL micropolitan area itself moved −0.2 points in standing on average over the same 27 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

37,958 residents

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

15,122 households (±328)

Jacksonville, IL micropolitan area
United States share

Under $25k17%2,627
$25k–50k22%3,293
$50k–75k17%2,507

Homes

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

Owners and renters

15,122 households (±328)

Jacksonville, IL micropolitan area
United States share

Own74%11,129
Rent26%3,993

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+3.7 points).

Table view

Getting to work

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

How people get to work

16,667 workers (±594)

Jacksonville, IL micropolitan area
United States share

Drive alone81%13,457
Carpool6.9%1,150
Public transit0.8%†131

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 no occupation wages for Jacksonville, IL micropolitan area.

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.

Jacksonville, IL has 843 employer establishments, 224 for every 10,000 residents (0.90× the US rate of 248), with 13,439 paid employees at an average annual pay of $54,242. The Census Bureau also counts 2,345 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 843; 2,345 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 224; US 248
Paid employees: 13,439
Average annual pay: $54,242; US $68,342

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

Restaurants and other eating places	60	15.9	0.87×About typical	1,045	$18,418	8
Truck transportation	54	14.3	2.84×More than typical	279	$64,323	86
Specialty trade contractors	46	12.2	0.79×Fewer than typical	216	$63,259	167
Ambulatory health care services	44	11.7	0.56×Fewer than typical	384	$77,641	51
Religious organizations	37	9.8	1.77×More than typical	176	$18,659	—
Limited-service restaurants	32	8.5	1.06×About typical	594	$19,513	6
Gasoline stations	27	7.2	2.21×More than typical	218	$25,280	—
Banks and credit unions	23	6.1	1.89×More than typical	237	$58,093	3
Full-service restaurants	22	5.8	0.76×Fewer than typical	430	$16,926	—
Automotive repair and maintenance	21	5.6	1.11×About typical	90	$35,922	46
Insurance agencies and brokerages	20	5.3	1.21×About typical	621	$160,733	44
Offices of other health practitioners	20	5.3	0.87×About typical	80	$67,125	23

Rank places for an industry

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 37,653 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.
A metro area's figures are the exact sums of its counties.
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 contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated -$45.8K on contracts performed in Jacksonville, IL micropolitan area: -$1.23 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: -$45.8K; −131% vs FY2025
Per resident: -$1.23; 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

Department of the Army$20.1K0.0%
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service$16.8K0.0%
Department of the Navy$3,6240.0%
Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services$5790.0%

Top recipients

GREENFIELD INTERNATIONAL CORP.$20.1K0.0%
STEVEN P YAKLE$16.8K0.0%
MARVIN R JENKINS & ASSOCIATES INC$7,7280.0%
ARROW MOVING & STORAGE OF COLORADO INC$3,6240.0%
TURNER SCIENTIFIC LLC-$8.630.0%

Spending by fiscal year

217.6KFY2017
630.1KFY2018
27.8KFY2019
374.9KFY2020
685.6KFY2021
760.4KFY2022
691.1KFY2023
121.9K

Top industries (NAICS)

Services to buildings and dwellings · 5617$20.1K0.0%
Other specialty trade contractors · 2389$16.8K0.0%
Specialized freight trucking · 4842$3,6240.0%
Architectural, engineering, and related services · 5413$5790.0%

Largest awards

EASEMENT BOUNDARY SURVEYS FOR FY23 WRE GLRI IRA, NRCS-WI BOSBEN YNY BUSS YMC DOHERTY YM8 KAU YNC MASSMAN WNY NETZERO NORTH YDN NETZERO SOUTH Y1H SCHMIDT AG YKN STROOK Y53 THOMMEN XCH VANDREEL M6C ZEIMET YM5$243.1K
ARTISAN CONSULTING ENGINEERS LLC· Morgan County, IL· Professional services· Sep 21, 2023 – Dec 8, 2025· 12FPC323F0198
WISCONSIN BOUNDARY SURVEYS FOR 4 IRA-WRES$80.4K
ARTISAN CONSULTING ENGINEERS LLC· Morgan County, IL· Professional services· Jul 2, 2024 – Feb 20, 2026· 12FPC324F0098
FY23 ILLINOIS EASEMENT BOUNDARY SURVEYS (LATTIG 01RX4, MCFAIN 01YL6, GARD 01NRP, CONWAY 01PLM)$78.2K
ARTISAN CONSULTING ENGINEERS LLC· Morgan County, IL· Professional services· Sep 25, 2023 – Mar 2, 2026· 12FPC323F0206

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.

Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $251.9M in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Jacksonville, IL micropolitan area: $6,740 per resident (US $12,955).

Assistance · FY2026: $251.9M; −6.3% vs FY2025
Per resident: $6,740; US $12,955
Loan face value: $15.1M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 3.9%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$157.5M63%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$19.7M7.8%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$17.4M6.9%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$16.9M6.7%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$7.1M2.8%
20.279 · National Highway Performance Program (NHPP)$7M2.8%
10.988 · Supplemental Disaster Relief Program$5.7M2.3%
10.990 · Farmer Bridge Assistance Program$2.6M1.0%

Top recipients (organizations)

ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$9.6M3.8%
SPRINGFIELD, IL
MORGAN COUNTY HOUSING AUTHORITY$3.6M1.4%
JACKSONVILLE, IL
ILLINOIS COLLEGE$2.8M1.1%
JACKSONVILLE, IL
SCOTT COUNTY HOUSING AUTHORITY$581.7K0.2%
WINCHESTER, IL
LABORERS HOMES DEVELOPMENT INC$472.6K

Organizations only: awards to individuals and county aggregate records count in the totals but are never listed. Grants to state governments recorded at the agency's own address are counted statewide, not in the capital's county.

Top agencies

Social Security Administration$201.2M80%
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$20.6M8.2%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Federal Highway Administration$9.6M3.8%
Department of Transportation
Farm Service Agency$8.7M3.4%
Department of Agriculture
Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing

Assistance by fiscal year

382.7MFY2021
226.5MFY2022
187.5MFY2023
240MFY2024
268.8MFY2025
251.9MFY2026

County aggregates

89%

Share of obligations reported only as county totals of many small awards (for example Social Security or Medicare payments), with no recipient named.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

Counties in Jacksonville, IL

Whole counties, as the U.S. Office of Management and Budget delineates the area. Federal spending below is the exact sum of these counties.

Principal cities

The cities the area is named for.

JacksonvillePrincipal city18,014

Largest cities and towns

By population, for places with most of their residents in the area.

Other metro and micro areas in Illinois

Areas based in Illinois, best score first.

Neighboring metro and micro areas

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar metro and micro areas

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.

Mapping Injury, Overdose, and ViolenceCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2026-10-01
PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Daily county PM2.5 and ozone (EPA downscaler model)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2022
Care Compare: Hospital General Information and Timely and Effective CareCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services · release 2026-07-22
Distance to airports and intercity railFederal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau · release 2025+amtrak-2026-04-23
Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master filesFederal Bureau of Investigation · release 2025
Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
U.S. Drought Monitor county statisticsNational Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA · release 2026-09-29
Fatality Analysis Reporting SystemNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration · release 2024
nClimGrid-Daily county averagesNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · release 2025
Regional Economic AccountsU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · release 2024
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2026 Q1
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Business Formation StatisticsU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-10-01
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
Alternative Fuels Data Center station locatorU.S. Department of Energy · release 2026-10
Election Administration and Voting SurveyU.S. Election Assistance Commission · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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Scores by category

Strengths · Weaknesses

Strengths

Weaknesses

Trends

What changed in five years

Improved12

Declined6

Metro and micro areas like Jacksonville, IL micropolitan area five years ago that improved

Who lives here

Age and sex

Income

Household income

Homes

Owners and renters

Getting to work

How people get to work

Jobs and pay

Local businesses

Federal contract spending

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

Top industries (NAICS)

Largest awards

Federal grants & assistance

Top programs

Top recipients (organizations)

Top agencies

Assistance by fiscal year

County aggregates

Counties in Jacksonville, IL

Principal cities

Largest cities and towns

Other metro and micro areas in Illinois

Neighboring metro and micro areas

Similar metro and micro areas

Data and sources

Improved12

Declined6

Age and sex

Household income

Owners and renters

How people get to work

Race and Hispanic origin

Education

Rent paid

Home values

Age of homes

Size of homes

Time to get to work

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

Top industries (NAICS)

Largest awards

What was bought

Top programs

Top recipients (organizations)

Top agencies

Assistance by fiscal year

County aggregates

By type