What is the population of Red Bud city?

Red Bud city has 3,789 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #390 of 1,462 in Illinois.

What is the median household income in Red Bud city?

Median household income in Red Bud city is $68,051 a year, 13.4% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Red Bud city?

Median gross rent is $810 a month and the median home value is $170,300, so rent absorbs about 14.3% of median household income.

Is Red Bud city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 2.5× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Red Bud city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 14.3% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Red Bud, IL population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Red Bud, Illinois (Red Bud, IL — Census place “Red Bud city”) is 3,789 residents, ranking #390 of 1462 places in Illinois. Median household income is $68,051, the median home is worth $170,300 and median gross rent runs $810 a month. Looking for the Red Bud Illinois ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Red Bud, IL: 62278.

Population: 3,789Red Bud city residents
Median household income: $68,051Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $170,300Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $810Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 39.8 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 76.1%Owner-occupied households

Red Bud ZIP codes (Illinois)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Red Bud.

The Red Bud IL ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

62278

What the numbers mean in Red Bud city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Red Bud city median would spend about 14.3% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 2.5× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 4.7% of residents and 76.1% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Red Bud city, IL in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Red Bud city is a small town in Illinois, with 3,789 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #390 of 1,462 ranked by population — larger than 73% of them. The median age here is 39.8 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.

Households in Red Bud city earn a median of $68,051 a year, 13.4% below the national figure of $78,538 and 8% below the $74,244 median for the 698 Illinois cities we cover. Household income here is measured before tax and pooled across everyone at the address, which is why it reads higher than typical individual earnings in the same area. Poverty reaches 4.7% of residents here, less than half the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Red Bud city is valued at $170,300, 43.9% below the national figure and 5% below the $179,100 peer median, while median gross rent runs $810 a month, 42.4% below the national figure, or roughly $9,720 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 14.3% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 2.5×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 76.1% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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What is the population of Red Bud city?: Red Bud city has 3,789 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #390 of 1,462 in Illinois.
What is the median household income in Red Bud city?: Median household income in Red Bud city is $68,051 a year, 13.4% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Red Bud city?: Median gross rent is $810 a month and the median home value is $170,300, so rent absorbs about 14.3% of median household income.
Is Red Bud city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 2.5× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Red Bud city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 14.3% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Red Bud city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.