Homer vs Sidney

A side-by-side comparison of Homer and Sidney: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Homer has the higher population (1,130 vs 849 in Sidney). Sidney has the higher median household income ($84,073 vs $75,833 in Homer). Sidney has the higher median home value ($187,000 vs $125,700 in Homer).

Population, income & housing

	Homer	Sidney
Population	1,130	849
Median age	34.3 yrs	41.1 yrs
Median household income	$75,833	$84,073
Median home value	$125,700	$187,000
Median gross rent	$956	$1,140
Housing units	524	392
Homeownership rate	78.4%	83.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.3%	23.4%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Homer	Sidney
Population	1,265 → 1,130 (-10.7%)	1,321 → 849 (-35.7%)
Median household income	$56,298 → $75,833 (+34.7%)	$77,721 → $84,073 (+8.2%)
Median home value	$103,800 → $125,700 (+21.1%)	$150,300 → $187,000 (+24.4%)
Median gross rent	$748 → $956 (+27.8%)	$892 → $1,140 (+27.8%)

Homer

Population

1,2651,130

Median household income

$56,298$75,833

Median home value

$103,800$125,700

Median gross rent

$748$956

Sidney

Population

1,321849

Median household income

$77,721$84,073

Median home value

$150,300$187,000

Median gross rent

$892$1,140

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Homer	Sidney
Under 5	3.0%	6.6%
5 to 17	20.0%	15.4%
18 to 24	14.5%	6.0%
25 to 34	12.7%	13.5%
35 to 44	13.9%	12.6%
45 to 54	8.5%	11.4%
55 to 64	13.9%	13.9%
65 to 74	8.8%	11.9%
75 and over	4.8%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Homer	Sidney
White (non-Hispanic)	96.2%	95.6%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.5%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	2.5%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Homer	Sidney
No high school diploma	6.4%	4.6%
High school graduate	39.0%	30.3%
Some college or associate's	40.4%	41.7%
Bachelor's degree	11.9%	13.7%
Graduate or professional degree	2.4%	9.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Homer	Sidney
Drove alone	88.2%	89.3%
Carpooled	4.1%	4.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.6%	4.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Homer	Sidney
1-unit, detached	83.8%	92.1%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	11.1%	5.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Homer	Sidney
Poverty rate	9.8%	4.2%
Average household size	2.34	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	27	28
Median year structure built	1938	1964