Smithboro vs Sorento

A side-by-side comparison of Smithboro and Sorento: population, income, housing, and more.

Smithboro and Sorento are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Sorento has the higher population (503 vs 171 in Smithboro). Sorento has the higher median household income ($48,333 vs $27,500 in Smithboro). Smithboro has the higher median home value ($70,000 vs $52,900 in Sorento).

Population, income & housing

	Smithboro	Sorento
Population	171	503
Median age	30.0 yrs	41.5 yrs
Median household income	$27,500	$48,333
Median home value	$70,000	$52,900
Median gross rent	—	$617
Housing units	88	242
Homeownership rate	94.9%	88.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.8%	9.6%
Unemployment rate	11.3%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Smithboro	Sorento
Population	216 → 171 (-20.8%)	443 → 503 (+13.5%)
Median household income	$50,625 → $27,500 (-45.7%)	$32,273 → $48,333 (+49.8%)
Median home value	$65,000 → $70,000 (+7.7%)	$42,800 → $52,900 (+23.6%)
Median gross rent	—	$614 → $617 (+0.5%)

Smithboro

Population

216171

Median household income

$50,625$27,500

Median home value

$65,000$70,000

Sorento

Population

443503

Median household income

$32,273$48,333

Median home value

$42,800$52,900

Median gross rent

$614$617

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Smithboro	Sorento
Under 5	5.3%	1.6%
5 to 17	18.7%	18.3%
18 to 24	14.6%	14.1%
25 to 34	18.7%	9.3%
35 to 44	11.1%	13.5%
45 to 54	2.3%	9.9%
55 to 64	17.0%	15.1%
65 to 74	6.4%	9.5%
75 and over	5.8%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Smithboro	Sorento
White (non-Hispanic)	95.9%	91.7%
Black or African American	2.3%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.8%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Smithboro	Sorento
No high school diploma	19.0%	9.9%
High school graduate	41.0%	53.9%
Some college or associate's	35.2%	26.5%
Bachelor's degree	2.9%	8.4%
Graduate or professional degree	1.9%	1.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Smithboro	Sorento
Drove alone	82.5%	87.6%
Carpooled	17.5%	11.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Smithboro	Sorento
1-unit, detached	78.4%	83.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	21.6%	14.5%

Poverty & households

	Smithboro	Sorento
Poverty rate	42.5%	19.1%
Average household size	2.19	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	19	34
Median year structure built	1964	1943