Lake of the Woods vs Sidney

A side-by-side comparison of Lake of the Woods and Sidney: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lake of the Woods has the higher population (1,976 vs 849 in Sidney). Sidney has the higher median household income ($84,073 vs $69,054 in Lake of the Woods). Lake of the Woods has the higher median home value ($194,300 vs $187,000 in Sidney).

Population, income & housing

	Lake of the Woods	Sidney
Population	1,976	849
Median age	41.1 yrs	41.1 yrs
Median household income	$69,054	$84,073
Median home value	$194,300	$187,000
Median gross rent	$1,201	$1,140
Housing units	763	392
Homeownership rate	82.6%	83.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.0%	23.4%
Unemployment rate	9.9%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake of the Woods	Sidney
Population	2,404 → 1,976 (-17.8%)	1,321 → 849 (-35.7%)
Median household income	$58,034 → $69,054 (+19.0%)	$77,721 → $84,073 (+8.2%)
Median home value	$114,600 → $194,300 (+69.5%)	$150,300 → $187,000 (+24.4%)
Median gross rent	$926 → $1,201 (+29.7%)	$892 → $1,140 (+27.8%)

Lake of the Woods

Population

2,4041,976

Median household income

$58,034$69,054

Median home value

$114,600$194,300

Median gross rent

$926$1,201

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)

	Lake of the Woods	Sidney
Under 5	4.4%	6.6%
5 to 17	22.3%	15.4%
18 to 24	3.6%	6.0%
25 to 34	12.6%	13.5%
35 to 44	15.7%	12.6%
45 to 54	13.2%	11.4%
55 to 64	8.3%	13.9%
65 to 74	9.7%	11.9%
75 and over	10.4%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake of the Woods	Sidney
White (non-Hispanic)	96.0%	95.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.1%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake of the Woods	Sidney
No high school diploma	2.7%	4.6%
High school graduate	35.4%	30.3%
Some college or associate's	23.9%	41.7%
Bachelor's degree	26.0%	13.7%
Graduate or professional degree	12.0%	9.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake of the Woods	Sidney
Drove alone	73.9%	89.3%
Carpooled	24.6%	4.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	4.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake of the Woods	Sidney
1-unit, detached	58.3%	92.1%
1-unit, attached	3.9%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	5.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	34.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lake of the Woods	Sidney
Poverty rate	6.9%	4.2%
Average household size	2.59	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	19	28
Median year structure built	1993	1964