What is the population of Staunton city?

Staunton city has 4,307 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #358 of 1,462 in Illinois.

What is the median household income in Staunton city?

Median household income in Staunton city is $65,435 a year, 16.7% below the national figure of $78,538.

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

Median gross rent is $805 a month and the median home value is $139,500, so rent absorbs about 14.8% of median household income.

Is Staunton city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 2.1× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Staunton city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 14.8% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Staunton, IL population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Staunton, Illinois (Staunton, IL — Census place “Staunton city”) is 4,307 residents, ranking #358 of 1462 places in Illinois. Median household income is $65,435, the median home is worth $139,500 and median gross rent runs $805 a month. Looking for the Staunton Illinois ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Staunton, IL: 62088.

Population: 4,307Staunton city residents
Median household income: $65,435Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $139,500Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $805Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 45.1 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 75.9%Owner-occupied households

Staunton ZIP codes (Illinois)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Staunton.

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

62088

What the numbers mean in Staunton city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Staunton city median would spend about 14.8% 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 2.1× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 16.7% of residents and 75.9% of households own their home.

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

Staunton city, IL in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Staunton city is a small town in Illinois, with 4,307 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #358 of 1,462 ranked by population — larger than 75% of them. The median age here is 45.1 years against 39.1 nationally, a markedly older profile that usually tracks retirees staying put and younger households leaving for work. 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 Staunton city earn a median of $65,435 a year, 16.7% below the national figure of $78,538 and 12% 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 16.7% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Staunton city is valued at $139,500, 54% below the national figure and 22% below the $179,100 peer median, while median gross rent runs $805 a month, 42.7% below the national figure, or roughly $9,660 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 14.8% 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 2.1×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so purchase prices are unusually low against local pay, the pattern in places where supply is plentiful and wage growth has been flat. 75.9% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.

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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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Staunton city?: Staunton city has 4,307 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #358 of 1,462 in Illinois.
What is the median household income in Staunton city?: Median household income in Staunton city is $65,435 a year, 16.7% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Staunton city?: Median gross rent is $805 a month and the median home value is $139,500, so rent absorbs about 14.8% of median household income.
Is Staunton city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 2.1× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Staunton city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 14.8% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Staunton 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.