What is the population of Virginia city?

Virginia city has 1,491 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #586 of 1,462 in Illinois.

What is the median household income in Virginia city?

Median household income in Virginia city is $51,818 a year, 34% below the national figure of $78,538.

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

Median gross rent is $663 a month and the median home value is $93,500, so rent absorbs about 15.4% of median household income.

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

Homes cost about 1.8× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Virginia city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 15.4% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Virginia, IL population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Virginia, Illinois (Virginia, IL — Census place “Virginia city”) is 1,491 residents, ranking #586 of 1462 places in Illinois. Median household income is $51,818, the median home is worth $93,500 and median gross rent runs $663 a month. Looking for the Virginia Illinois ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Virginia, IL: 62691.

Population: 1,491Virginia city residents
Median household income: $51,818Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $93,500Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $663Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 44 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 65.7%Owner-occupied households

Virginia ZIP codes (Illinois)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Virginia.

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

62691

What the numbers mean in Virginia city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Virginia city median would spend about 15.4% 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 1.8× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 14.6% of residents and 65.7% of households own their home.

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

Virginia city, IL in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Virginia city is a small town in Illinois, with 1,491 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #586 of 1,462 ranked by population — larger than 59% of them. The median age here is 44 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 Virginia city earn a median of $51,818 a year, 34% below the national figure of $78,538 and 30% below the $74,244 median for the 698 Illinois cities we cover. This figure covers the household, not the worker: two people on ordinary wages at one address outrank a single professional in the same table. Poverty reaches 14.6% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Virginia city is valued at $93,500, 69.2% below the national figure and 48% below the $179,100 peer median, while median gross rent runs $663 a month, 52.8% below the national figure, or roughly $7,956 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 15.4% 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 1.8×, 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. 65.7% 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.

Every value on this page is published directly by the Census for this area — nothing is modelled or interpolated. 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

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What is the population of Virginia city?: Virginia city has 1,491 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #586 of 1,462 in Illinois.
What is the median household income in Virginia city?: Median household income in Virginia city is $51,818 a year, 34% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Virginia city?: Median gross rent is $663 a month and the median home value is $93,500, so rent absorbs about 15.4% of median household income.
Is Virginia city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 1.8× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Virginia city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 15.4% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Virginia 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.